Belgrade: Belgrade has asked Switzerland to extradite former Bosnian Muslim commander Naser Oric, who was arrested in Geneva on a war crimes warrant from Serbia, Serbia's official news agency reported Sunday.
Belgrade's decision to seek Oric's extradition comes just three weeks before 20th anniversary commemorations of the Srebrenica massacre when Bosnian Serb forces slaughtered more than 8,000 Muslims in July 1995, and risks worsening relations with Bosnia.
"The extradition request is accompanied by documents from the prosecutor over the suspected war crimes" allegedly committed by Oric, Serbia's official news agency Tanjug reported, quoting the country's justice minister.
His arrest has sparked outrage in Bosnia, and has forced Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic to call off a visit to the ex-Yugoslavia state.
Serbia accuses Oric and four other people of committing war crimes in July 1992 in Zalazje near Sarajevo, where nine ethnic Serbs were killed.
Two years later the court's Appeals Chamber acquitted him of all charges on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
He told reporters previously that under international law "no one can be convicted twice on the same facts."
Belgrade's decision to seek Oric's extradition comes just three weeks before 20th anniversary commemorations of the Srebrenica massacre when Bosnian Serb forces slaughtered more than 8,000 Muslims in July 1995, and risks worsening relations with Bosnia.
"The extradition request is accompanied by documents from the prosecutor over the suspected war crimes" allegedly committed by Oric, Serbia's official news agency Tanjug reported, quoting the country's justice minister.
His arrest has sparked outrage in Bosnia, and has forced Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic to call off a visit to the ex-Yugoslavia state.
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Serbia accuses Oric and four other people of committing war crimes in July 1992 in Zalazje near Sarajevo, where nine ethnic Serbs were killed.
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Two years later the court's Appeals Chamber acquitted him of all charges on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
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He told reporters previously that under international law "no one can be convicted twice on the same facts."
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