'Third most-wanted' war crimes fugitive arrested

The Balkans’ "third most-wanted" war crimes fugitive was arrested on the Bosnia-Serbia border today, Serbian officials said.

Thu, 31 May, 2007 - 20:27

The Balkans’ "third most-wanted" war crimes fugitive was arrested on the Bosnia-Serbia border today, Serbian officials said.

A spokeswoman for the chief UN war crimes prosecutor for the former Yugoslavia said they were informed of the arrest of former Bosnian Serb general Zdravko Tolimir by Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Yugoslavia Place: The Hague, Netherlands Place: The Hague Place: Srebrenica Place: Europe Person: Zdravko Tolimir Person: prime minister Person: Milorad Dodik Person: Tolimir Person: Ratko Mladic Person: Mladic Person: Rasim Ljajic Person: Radovan Karadzic Event: Second World War Organisation: UN Organisation: The Hague tribunal Organisation: U.N.

<p>The perpetrator was shot and wounded during a gunfight with officers a short distance away from the initial violence, police said. Picture: Beata Zawrzel/AP</p>

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