Ex-Army Commander Surrenders to Tribunal
A former Bosnian army commander surrendered to the U.N. war crimes tribunal to answer murder charges in the wartime deaths of dozens of Bosnian Croats.
Sefer Halilovic, 49, flew to The Hague from Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on a U.N. flight. He is the highest-ranking Bosnian Muslim to give himself up. Until Monday, he was Bosnia’s minister for refugees.
Prosecutors allege that Halilovic helped plan and conduct the “Neretva-93” offensive to capture territory held by Bosnian Croat forces. Soldiers under his command allegedly killed at least 62 villagers in Grabovica and Uzdol in September 1993.
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