Bosnia: Serb general in Bosnian Muslim army arrested for alleged war crimes

The sole Serb general in Bosnia's Muslim army during the 1992-1995 Balkan war has been arrested in Vienna on suspicion of committing war crimes.
Jovan Divjak's detention was carried out based on a Serbian arrest warrant, local media reported on Friday. He is being accused of participating in an attack that killed dozens of Yugoslav soldiers withdrawing from Sarajevo, Bosnian foreign minister Sven Alkalaj told reporters.
Divjak's name is an international warrant Serbia issued in 2009 for the arrest of 19 Bosnian army and civilian officials for allegedly ordering an attack on a withdrawing Yugoslav army column from Sarajevo in May 1992 despite a safe passage agreement.
According to Serbian sources, 42 soldiers were killed, 72 wounded and 215 taken prisoner.
In March last year, a wartime member of Bosnian state presidency Ejup Ganic was arrested on the same warrant in London, but was freed by a British court four months later.
Alkalaj said Bosnian diplomats in Vienna where in contact with Divjak and will offer him legal help. Divjak was due to appear in Vienna court later today, he said.
In the meantime, Divjak’s supporters have called for mass protests in front of Serbian and Austrian embassies in Sarajevo, demanding his release. Bosnia objects to Serbia’s issuing warrants for crimes allegedly committed on Bosnian territory.
But Serbian officials have said Bosnian authorities have been earnest in prosecuting crimes committed by Serbs, but ignored those perpetrated by Muslims.

by adnkronos