Police raid home of suspected Mladić helper
Members of one of Serbian police (MUP) anti-terrorist units were this morning searching several locations in Aranđelovac, central Serbia.
Friday, 12.12.2008.
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Members of one of Serbian police (MUP) anti-terrorist units were this morning searching several locations in Arandjelovac, central Serbia. The police action, which has in the meantime wrapped up, came as part of Serbia's efforts to locate and arrest the remaining Hague fugitives. Police raid home of suspected Mladic helper Our reporter in the town said earlier in the day that that strong police forces had one house on the outskirts of Arandjelovac surrounded. No one was allowed to approach its perimeter. The house belongs to Ljubinko Zlatic, a pensioner, originally from Bosnia, who spent years working abroad. B92 has unofficially learned that Zlatic and his wife live in the house being searched, while there are two more buildings in the same yard. So far no arrests have been made. Tanjug reported quoting the War Crimes Prosecution that the raid is being conducted as part of the Hague cooperation action plan and on the orders of this office. National Council for Hague Cooperation chief Rasim Ljajic said in Belgrade that police are checking up on information received about Mladic's support network. Ljajic also said that the searches today "have nothing to do with the fact Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz is submitting his report to the UN Security Council". The report will appraise Serbia's cooperation with this UN war crimes court. "We had information that a man in the house that was seached is one of the helpers of Ratko Mladic. Today's action will, I believe, resolve those dilemmas, and I hope that we will learn something that will be useful in our further searches and activities," Ljajic said. Zlatic, meantime, told Tanjug in a statement over the phone that he has known Mladic since they attended school together. "I've been friends with Mladic since our school days and that is all I can tell you at this time," he said. The anti-terrorist policemen, Zlatic explained, were searching his house for several hours, "looking at phonebooks and photographs". Former Bosnian Serb military leaders Ratko Mladic and former Croatian Serb political leader Goran Hadzic, indicted for war crimes, remain at large. Recently, MUP's special police searched the Belgrade home of Mladic's son Darko, his wife's workplace in Telekom in Obrenovac, while previously a similar search was launched in the western Serbian town of Valjevo, when a local factory and its owners' homes were raided. More photos from Arandjelovac in our Gallery MUP officers are seen in front of the house (Beta)
Police raid home of suspected Mladić helper
Our reporter in the town said earlier in the day that that strong police forces had one house on the outskirts of Aranđelovac surrounded. No one was allowed to approach its perimeter.The house belongs to Ljubinko Zlatić, a pensioner, originally from Bosnia, who spent years working abroad. B92 has unofficially learned that Zlatić and his wife live in the house being searched, while there are two more buildings in the same yard.
So far no arrests have been made.
Tanjug reported quoting the War Crimes Prosecution that the raid is being conducted as part of the Hague cooperation action plan and on the orders of this office.
National Council for Hague Cooperation chief Rasim Ljajić said in Belgrade that police are checking up on information received about Mladić's support network.
Ljajić also said that the searches today "have nothing to do with the fact Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz is submitting his report to the UN Security Council".
The report will appraise Serbia's cooperation with this UN war crimes court.
"We had information that a man in the house that was seached is one of the helpers of Ratko Mladić. Today's action will, I believe, resolve those dilemmas, and I hope that we will learn something that will be useful in our further searches and activities," Ljajić said.
Zlatić, meantime, told Tanjug in a statement over the phone that he has known Mladić since they attended school together.
"I've been friends with Mladić since our school days and that is all I can tell you at this time," he said. The anti-terrorist policemen, Zlatić explained, were searching his house for several hours, "looking at phonebooks and photographs".
Former Bosnian Serb military leaders Ratko Mladić and former Croatian Serb political leader Goran Hadžić, indicted for war crimes, remain at large.
Recently, MUP's special police searched the Belgrade home of Mladić's son Darko, his wife's workplace in Telekom in Obrenovac, while previously a similar search was launched in the western Serbian town of Valjevo, when a local factory and its owners' homes were raided.
More photos from Aranđelovac in our Gallery
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