BY ORDER OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE OF BIH A WAR CRIMES SUSPECT WAS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN BIJELJINA

By order of the Prosecutor of the Special Department for War Crimes within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH the authorized officers of SIPA have arrested the suspect Gligor Begović - born on September 1, 1973 in Goražde, residing in Rogatica - this morning in the area of Rogatica.

The suspect is under investigation by the Prosecutor's Office of BiH and is suspected of having, while serving as a guard in the detention center Batković located near Bijeljina, committed the criminal offense of War Crimes against Civilians under Article 173 of the CC BiH, Paragraph 1, Subparagraphs e) and c).

He is suspected of having perpetrated the acts of torture, abuse, beatings, sexual assault as well as other acts equating sexual violence against ethnic Bosniak victims, with the aim of causing great suffering and physical and mental injuries to victims.

Following the arrest the suspect will be handed over to the Assigned Prosecutor, who will question him and then make a decision on a motion for remand in custody.