Indicted Bosnian Serb paramilitary commander arrested in Argentina News
Indicted Bosnian Serb paramilitary commander arrested in Argentina

[JURIST] Argentinian police announced on Monday the arrest of Milan Lukic, a former Bosnian Serb paramilitary commander who in July was convicted in absentia [JURIST report] by a Serbian war crimes court and sentenced to 20 years for his role in the 1993 abduction and killing of 20 Bosnian Muslims. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia [JURIST news archive] indicted him along with Sredoje Lukic and Mitar Vasiljevic [indictment text] for their alleged roles in various war crimes. Reuters has more.

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