US citizen agrees to face war crimes trial in Bosnia

by admin
Nov 16, 2011
A native Bosnian man has agreed to return to the country to face charges of war crimes committed during the 1993 civil war in the former Yugoslavia.

Edin Dzeko, 39, a naturalized US citizen, is accused of being a senior member of a unit that attacked the village of Trusina in April 1993, killing 16 civilians and at least four unarmed soldiers. Court papers identify Dzeko as a leader of the Bosnian Army's Zulfikar Special Purposes Detachment.

He has been in federal custody since April, after an extradition request totalling 400 pages was filed against him by Bosnian prosecutors.

While Dzeko denies taking part in any of the killings, his attorney said Gehrke said that additional evidence "could provide an alibi to the shootings of some of the soldiers."

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