Srebrenica Genocide Suspects In Custody

June 21 2012

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Authorities in Bosnia have arrested two former soldiers suspected of genocide in 1995, Reuters reports.

Ostoja Stanisic, 60, and Marko Milosevic, 48, were detained on Thursday near the eastern town of Zvornik, security officials said.

Stanisic was the former commander of the 6th battalion of the Bosnian Serb army Zvornik brigade, while Milosevic was his deputy, according to the Bosnian war crimes prosecutor's office.

The men are suspects in the July 1995 executions near the...

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