Authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina say they have arrested nine ethnic Serbs suspected of involvement in the killings of 44 Muslim civilians during Bosnia's 1992-95 war.
The nine men, all former Bosnian Serb officers and soldiers, are accused of "planning, organizing and participating" in the killings and persecution of Muslim civilians in the Sokollac area of southeastern Bosnia, the prosecutor's office announced on September 16.
In September 1992, Bosnian Serb forces surrounded the village of Novoseoci, about 40 kilometers from Sarajevo, then took the male villagers to a garbage dump and shot them dead, the statement said.
Women and children were expelled from the village.
A mosque in Novoseoci was later destroyed and its debris thrown over the remains of those killed. Among the victims, aged 14-82, there is also a woman who was killed during the attack.
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Bosnian prosecutors said former Serb commander Radislav Krstić is also a suspect in the case and will be questioned in Poland, where he is serving a 35-year sentence handed down by the Hague-based war crimes tribunal. the former Yugoslavia.
Bosnian authorities will request the extradition of an 11th suspect, identified as KN, who currently resides in Canada, prosecutors announced./REL
