SARAJEVO, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Three persons charged with war crimes were arrested by members of Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH's) State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) on Thursday in the town of Zvornik, located 125 kilometers northeast of the capital Sarajevo.
Acting on the order of BiH's Prosecutor's Office Special Department for War Crimes, SIPA police officers have identified and deprived of the liberty of Branko Studen, 55, Pero Radic, 59 and Bozo Vidovic, 64, in Zvornik, according to SIPA official website.
The suspects are charged with war crimes conducted during the attack of the village of Jusici near Zvornik on May 27, 1992, when 48 Bosniak victims were killed.
"Three persons are suspected of, while being members of the Territorial Defense of the Serb Municipality Zvornik, conducted a widespread and systematic attack on the Bosniak civilian population in the area of Zvornik and participated in the attack on the village of Jusici, inhabited by civilian population of Bosniak nationality," BiH's Prosecutors Office statement explained.
The suspects are charged with the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity.
After interrogation of the suspects, the prosecutor in charge will decide on further activities in the case.
An ethnically rooted war that took place from 1992 to 1995 in BiH was fought between Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs, resulting in 100,000 people killed and over 2 million displaced worldwide. After years of bitter fighting, Western countries backed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) imposed a final ceasefire negotiated at Dayton, Ohio, the U.S., in 1995.
