Extradition hearing for ex-Bosnian official

An extradition hearing for wartime Muslim member of Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Ejup Ganić began on Monday in London.

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An extradition hearing for wartime Muslim member of Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Ejup Ganic began on Monday in London. The proceeding took place at the request of Serbia. Belgrade holds him responsible for an attack a retreating convoy of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) in Sarajevo in May 1992. Extradition hearing for ex-Bosnian official Both sides have several witnesses. Serbia is represented by the deputy war crimes prosecutor, who conducts the process. Speaking before the London court, Ganic said the Serbian authorities, who demand his handover, will not give him a fair trial, BBC reported. He stated that Serbia's extradition request was politically motivated and that the facts were distorted. "They hope to rewrite history because this is a country that committed genocide," Ganic said, adding: "They are trying to confuse the British judicial system saying 'we are an organized country that can give a fair trial'." Prosecutor James Lewis, representing Serbia, said in the opening that based on the evidence it is obviously "a war crime," adding that "it was an attack on an ambulance and the people who had surrendered." AP reports that Lewis used videos, maps and witness statements to outline a series of clashes in Sarajevo in 1992. He described an ambush on ambulances carrying unarmed soldiers who were shot as they tried to surrender. That incident, he said, was followed the next day by a grenade attack on a hospital. Ganic was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on March 1, based on a warrant, which Serbia has posted for him and another 18 persons from Bosnia-Herzegovina over the attack on Yugoslav People's Army soldiers in Sarajevo on May 3, 1992. Ganic in London on Monday (Beta)

Extradition hearing for ex-Bosnian official

Both sides have several witnesses. Serbia is represented by the deputy war crimes prosecutor, who conducts the process.

Speaking before the London court, Ganić said the Serbian authorities, who demand his handover, will not give him a fair trial, BBC reported. He stated that Serbia's extradition request was politically motivated and that the facts were distorted.

"They hope to rewrite history because this is a country that committed genocide," Ganić said, adding: "They are trying to confuse the British judicial system saying 'we are an organized country that can give a fair trial'."

Prosecutor James Lewis, representing Serbia, said in the opening that based on the evidence it is obviously "a war crime," adding that "it was an attack on an ambulance and the people who had surrendered."

AP reports that Lewis used videos, maps and witness statements to outline a series of clashes in Sarajevo in 1992.

He described an ambush on ambulances carrying unarmed soldiers who were shot as they tried to surrender. That incident, he said, was followed the next day by a grenade attack on a hospital.

Ganić was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on March 1, based on a warrant, which Serbia has posted for him and another 18 persons from Bosnia-Herzegovina over the attack on Yugoslav People's Army soldiers in Sarajevo on May 3, 1992.

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