"Ganić extradition request by end of week"

Serbia will send its request for the extradition of Ejup Ganic to the UK by the end of the week, Justice Minister Snezana Malovic says. “I expect that we will prepare all the documents during the week and send it to the UK,” she told reporters in Belgrade today, and added that it concerned documentation containing several hundred pages which needed to be translated to English. "Ganic extradition request by end of week" The justice minister said that the British court was currently reviewing Ganic’s appeal filed against the decision to keep him in custody. Ganic, who was a Muslim war-time member the Bosnian presidency, was arrested in London on March 1, on a Serbian warrant. He and 18 other Bosnian nationals are wanted in Serbia in connection to the Dobrovoljacka St. massacre. In May 1992, a retreating Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) convoy was attacked in this Sarajevo street. Scores of JNA soldiers and officers were killed or injured as a result. Serbia's judicial authorities launched an investigation against Ganic in December of 2008 under suspicion that he, along with others, directly issued orders to attack JNA facilities in Sarajevo – including a military hospital, the JNA Center, a convoy of ambulance vehicles, and the army convoy in Dobrovoljacka St. All these attacks came despite a previous agreement that was to allow JNA units to peacefully retreat from Bosnia-Herzegovina. The investigation order saw Ganic accused on three counts – war crimes against injured and ill persons, illegal killing and injuring of enemy combatants, and use of illegal means of combat.

"Ganić extradition request by end of week"

The justice minister said that the British court was currently reviewing Ganić’s appeal filed against the decision to keep him in custody.

Ganić, who was a Muslim war-time member the Bosnian presidency, was arrested in London on March 1, on a Serbian warrant.

He and 18 other Bosnian nationals are wanted in Serbia in connection to the Dobrovoljačka St. massacre.

In May 1992, a retreating Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) convoy was attacked in this Sarajevo street. Scores of JNA soldiers and officers were killed or injured as a result.

Serbia's judicial authorities launched an investigation against Ganić in December of 2008 under suspicion that he, along with others, directly issued orders to attack JNA facilities in Sarajevo – including a military hospital, the JNA Center, a convoy of ambulance vehicles, and the army convoy in Dobrovoljačka St.

All these attacks came despite a previous agreement that was to allow JNA units to peacefully retreat from Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The investigation order saw Ganić accused on three counts – war crimes against injured and ill persons, illegal killing and injuring of enemy combatants, and use of illegal means of combat.