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| A former Bosnian Serb general and close aide to top war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic is set to be transferred to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. | A former Bosnian Serb general and close aide to top war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic is set to be transferred to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. |
| Zdravko Tolimir, 58, wanted by the UN tribunal over the Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in 1995, was arrested in eastern Bosnia on Thursday. | Zdravko Tolimir, 58, wanted by the UN tribunal over the Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in 1995, was arrested in eastern Bosnia on Thursday. |
| Gen Mladic has evaded arrest for years. He is wanted for war crimes against Muslim civilians in the 1990s. | Gen Mladic has evaded arrest for years. He is wanted for war crimes against Muslim civilians in the 1990s. |
| The other key figure still at large is ex-Bosnian Serb head Radovan Karadzic. | The other key figure still at large is ex-Bosnian Serb head Radovan Karadzic. |
| Mr Tolimir was detained in eastern Bosnia close to the Serbian border by police from Serbia and the Bosnian Serb entity, Republika Srpska. | |
| This is the first time that not a single fugitive from the ICTY can sleep peacefully Rasim LjajicSerbian minister | This is the first time that not a single fugitive from the ICTY can sleep peacefully Rasim LjajicSerbian minister |
| The EU has linked the arrest of war crimes suspects to the resumption of talks on closer ties with Serbia. | |
| EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn - who is integral to Serbia's potential EU membership - welcomed Mr Tolimir's arrest. | EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn - who is integral to Serbia's potential EU membership - welcomed Mr Tolimir's arrest. |
| He described it as "an important step towards bringing to justice all remaining fugitives" and said full co-operation with the UN tribunal was "a key step to achieve lasting reconciliation in the Western Balkans region". | He described it as "an important step towards bringing to justice all remaining fugitives" and said full co-operation with the UN tribunal was "a key step to achieve lasting reconciliation in the Western Balkans region". |
| Mr Rehn is holding talks later on Friday with Serbia President Boris Tadic, along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country currently holds the EU presidency. | |
| The head of Serbia's office for co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), said the arrest showed a new determination from Belgrade. | The head of Serbia's office for co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), said the arrest showed a new determination from Belgrade. |
| "This is the first time that not a single fugitive from the ICTY can sleep peacefully, because our civilian and military intelligence will work simultaneously on locating them," Rasim Ljajic said. | "This is the first time that not a single fugitive from the ICTY can sleep peacefully, because our civilian and military intelligence will work simultaneously on locating them," Rasim Ljajic said. |
| Still at large | Still at large |
| Gen Tolimir was considered the third most important person on the list of those indicted for war crimes by the ICTY, after Gen Mladic and his wartime political leader, Radovan Karadzic. | Gen Tolimir was considered the third most important person on the list of those indicted for war crimes by the ICTY, after Gen Mladic and his wartime political leader, Radovan Karadzic. |
| ICTY MOST WANTED Ratko Mladic, 64, former Bosnian Serb generalRadovan Karadzic, 61, ex-Bosnian Serb leaderStojan Zupljanin, 55, ex-Bosnian Serb police chiefGoran Hadzic, 48, former Croatian Serb officialVlastimir Djordjevic, 58, ex-Serb police chief in Kosovo | |
| Gen Tolimir was an intelligence officer and senior aide to Gen Mladic at the time of the massacre at Srebrenica, which was carried out by Bosnian Serb soldiers under Gen Mladic's command. | |
| Gen Tolimir is accused of helping to plan and carry out the murders, which have since been internationally recognised as genocide. | Gen Tolimir is accused of helping to plan and carry out the murders, which have since been internationally recognised as genocide. |
| Both Gen Mladic and Mr Karadzic have been indicted for genocide over the killings in Srebrenica and the 43-month siege of Sarajevo, which claimed more than 10,000 lives. | Both Gen Mladic and Mr Karadzic have been indicted for genocide over the killings in Srebrenica and the 43-month siege of Sarajevo, which claimed more than 10,000 lives. |
| Gen Tolimir is thought to have been one of the key figures helping Gen Mladic to evade capture. | Gen Tolimir is thought to have been one of the key figures helping Gen Mladic to evade capture. |
| The BBC's Nick Walton in Sarajevo says that if this is the case, Gen Tolimir may provide important information about where the most wanted war crimes suspect is now hiding. | The BBC's Nick Walton in Sarajevo says that if this is the case, Gen Tolimir may provide important information about where the most wanted war crimes suspect is now hiding. |
| With Gen Tolimir's arrest, only five of the 161 people indicted by the UN tribunal remain at large. | With Gen Tolimir's arrest, only five of the 161 people indicted by the UN tribunal remain at large. |
| In addition to Gen Mladic and Mr Karadzic, the other fugitive war crimes suspects are former Bosnian Serb police chief Stojan Zupljanin, 55; former Croatian Serb official Goran Hadzic, 48; and a former Serb police commander in Kosovo, Vlastimir Djordjevic, 58. |