The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
A SUSPECT FOR WAR CRIMES ARRESTED IN THE BRATUNAC AREA
10.05.2012. 15:08Under an order of a Prosecutor from the Special Department for War Crimes of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, authorized officials of the State Investigation and Protection Agency – SIPA, arrested Najdan Mlađenović, born in 1961 in Magašići-Bratunac, in the area of Bratunac.
This suspect is under investigation of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is suspected that he as a member of VRS forces, in the territory of Bratunac, in May 1992, committed the criminal offense Crimes against Humanity in violation of Article 172 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Following the arrest, which took place early this morning, this suspect will be handed over to the Prosecutor of the Special Department for War Crimes who is working on the case and who will interrogate the suspect and after that take a decision on filing a motion for ordering custody.
*Note on the principle of presumption of innocence
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
