TWO SUSPECTS OF CRIME COMMITTED IN NOVOSEOCI DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN CONTINUATION OF JOINT ACTION OF BIH PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AND SIPA

One of the suspects was arrested after the questioning by the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whereas the other suspect was located and deprived of liberty in the area of Sokolac.

Acting on an order issued by a Prosecutor of the Special Department for War Crimes, SIPA police officers deprived the following persons of their liberty:

-          Momčilo Pajić, born in 1955, a former commander of the Military Police of the 2nd Romanija Motorised Brigade

-          Aleksa Gordić, born in 1968, deputy commander of the Military Police of the 2nd Romanija Motorised Brigade

The suspect Pajić was deprived of liberty after his questioning by the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whereas the suspect Gordić was deprived of liberty in Sokolac.

In the implementation of today’s operation, the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has achieved significant cooperation with SIPA, Intelligence and Security Agency (OSA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and we would like to thank our partner institutions for their assistance and cooperation.

Intensive investigation in this case continues.