Switzerland to extradite seven to Bosnia

Switzerland is to extradite to Bosnia seven former Islamic volunteers, a Banja Luka daily reported Friday.

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Switzerland is to extradite to Bosnia seven former Islamic volunteers, a Banja Luka daily reported Friday. "Switzerland forwarded us a written request that Bosnia receive several persons of Afro-Asian origin who currently live there," Dragan Mektic, a security ministry official, told the Nezavisne Novine daily. Switzerland to extradite seven to Bosnia "We are verifying their passports and their stays in Bosnia," he said, adding those persons were staying in Switzerland illegally. A person from the security ministry told the daily the group comprised seven men, notably of Tunisian and Moroccan origin, who fought during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war. It was impossible to immediately confirm the report with the ministry, AFP reported. Hundreds of fighters from mainly Islamic countries arrived in Bosnia in the 1990s to boost the ranks of Muslim forces in their battles against Croats and Serbs. Under the 1995 peace agreement, they were all supposed to leave the country, but some stayed and obtained citizenship either on the basis of their army service or by marrying local women. Last year, Bosnia set up a commission to review the citizenships obtained during and after the war. So far the authorities have revoked the citizenship of nearly 500 men, including a number of former Muslim fighters, due to irregularities in the process.

Switzerland to extradite seven to Bosnia

"We are verifying their passports and their stays in Bosnia," he said, adding those persons were staying in Switzerland illegally.

A person from the security ministry told the daily the group comprised seven men, notably of Tunisian and Moroccan origin, who fought during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war.

It was impossible to immediately confirm the report with the ministry, AFP reported.

Hundreds of fighters from mainly Islamic countries arrived in Bosnia in the 1990s to boost the ranks of Muslim forces in their battles against Croats and Serbs.

Under the 1995 peace agreement, they were all supposed to leave the country, but some stayed and obtained citizenship either on the basis of their army service or by marrying local women.

Last year, Bosnia set up a commission to review the citizenships obtained during and after the war.

So far the authorities have revoked the citizenship of nearly 500 men, including a number of former Muslim fighters, due to irregularities in the process.

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