Prosecutor of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH filed a motion for custody of the suspect Frano VULIĆ, born on November 23, 1968 in Imotski, residing in the municipality Grude, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia.

The Suspect VULIĆ, was deprived of liberty at about 12.30 p.m., in the area of Grude, by officers of the State Investigation and Protection Agency - SIPA, pursuant to the order of the Prosecutor of Regional Team no.V of the Special Department for War Crimes within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH.

The Prosecutor of the Special Department for War Crimes within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH suspects Frano VULIĆ of having, as a member of the HVO's III Company of the Military Police Battalion Ćapljina, shot three Bosniak prisoners with an automatic rifle on July 14, 1993 at about 2:00 p.m. in Dretelj camp in Čapljina Municipality, where Bosniak men were detained.

The suspect Frano VULIĆ is suspected of having committed the criminal offense of War Crimes against Civilians under Article 173, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph c) in conjunction with Article 180, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of BiH.

The Prosecutor's Office of BiH requested custody on grounds stipulated in Article 132, Subparagraphs a) and b) of the CPC. Remand in custody was requested due to risk of flight: as the suspect holds Croatian citizenship if he were to depart from the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina he would render himself unavailable to the judiciary of Bosnia and Herzegovina and could, if released, influence the witnesses or accomplices; also due to the fact that the suspect is charged with a criminal offense which carries a sentence of at least ten years or long-term imprisonment, and which is particularly difficult and specific with regard to the manner of execution of the criminal offense and the consequences thereof.

Custody motion was filed with the Court of BiH.