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| Bosnian war leader arrested in UK | Bosnian war leader arrested in UK |
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| A former member of Bosnia's wartime presidency has been held at Heathrow Airport over alleged war crimes. | A former member of Bosnia's wartime presidency has been held at Heathrow Airport over alleged war crimes. |
| Ejup Ganic, 63, was arrested in London after an extradition warrant was issued by Serbia, UK police said. | Ejup Ganic, 63, was arrested in London after an extradition warrant was issued by Serbia, UK police said. |
| He is accused of conspiracy to murder wounded soldiers in breach of the Geneva Convention. | He is accused of conspiracy to murder wounded soldiers in breach of the Geneva Convention. |
| The Metropolitan Police said officers from its extradition unit had arrested him at 1400 GMT. He later appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court. | |
| Extradition hearing | |
| The warrant relates to an attack on Yugoslav forces in Sarajevo at the beginning of the 1992-1995 Bosnian war. | |
| Serbia claims more than 40 soldiers were killed in the so-called Dobrovoljacka Street attack after Bosnia had declared independence from the Serb-led former Yugoslavia. | |
| Mr Ganic, a professor at the University of Sarajevo, is one of 19 people who have been issued with arrest warrants. | |
| The former leader served two separate terms as president of the Muslim-Croat Federation in Bosnia. | |
| The Foreign Office confirmed the arrest, but said it was "inappropriate" to comment further as the case was now before the courts. | |
| It added that Serbia now had to provide paperwork supporting its extradition request before a date could be fixed for a hearing. |