Bosnia Arrests Seven Serb Ex-Soldiers for Wartime Crimes

The Bosnian state prosecution said that seven people were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion that they committed crimes against humanity in the spring and summer of 1992 when they were Bosnian Serb Army soldiers.

State Investigation and Protection Agency officers located, identified and arrested them in the Banja Luka area of Bosnia's Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity, the prosecution said.

"They are being charged with having participated in the unlawful detention of around 150 victims, Bosniak and Croat civilians, who they tortured, abused, beat and treated in an inhumane manner, causing them physical and psychological injuries, which resulted in the death of several people and permanent severe physical and psychological injuries to many of the detainees," a prosecution statement said.