Suspect in 1992 war crimes case detained at Karakaj border crossing

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Suspect in 1992 war crimes case detained at Karakaj border crossing

At the Karakaj border crossing, police officers of the BiH Prosecutor's Office, police officers of the BiH Border Police, detained the suspect Borislav Gligorevi born in 1971 in Snagov, Zvornik, the BiH Prosecutor's Office announced.

The alleged suspect, who is under investigation by the Prosecutor of the Special Department for War Crimes, is accused of acting contrary to the Geneva Conventions on the Protection of Civilians during Armed Conflicts in 1992, as a member of the VRS and the White Eagles TO Zvornik unit.

In the village of Liplje, he is accused of having a large number of Bosnians of Bosniak nationality in illegal detention, who were repeatedly abused and a large number of women sexually abused, came to the houses where the civilians were imprisoned, and with the threat of force and danger to life committed the rape of two women, who were illegally imprisoned in the aforementioned facilities.

Given the prosecutor's office and partner law enforcement agencies found out that the suspect is beyond Bosnia and Herzegovina, a search was launched for him, and he was detained on Friday when he entered the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

After the questioning of the suspect, the acting Prosecutor sent to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina a proposal for the determination of a detention measure, which was explained in detail at the hearing held this morning, and the decision of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the proposal for detention is expected, according to the statement.