War crimes suspect arrested

Amsterdam - A Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect, Dusko Sikirica, arrived at a UN detention unit in The Hague yesterday to face …

Amsterdam - A Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect, Dusko Sikirica, arrived at a UN detention unit in The Hague yesterday to face genocide charges after British NATO peacekeepers arrested him in Bosnia, the Yugoslavia tribunal said.

The 36-year-old suspect was indicted by the court for his alleged involvement in the massacre of 140 Bosnian Muslims and Croats at the Keraterm prison camp, at Prijedor.

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