Serb war-crimes suspect surrenders to tribunal

A Serb officer indicted for war crimes in the siege of Sarajevo during the 1992-95 Bosnian war was on his way to the UN war crimes…

A Serb officer indicted for war crimes in the siege of Sarajevo during the 1992-95 Bosnian war was on his way to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague today, chief prosecutor Ms Carla Del Ponte said.

"Dragomir Milosevic, who was indicted for the shelling of Sarajevo and the siege of the civilian population, will be transferred today from Serbia to The Hague," Ms del Ponte told a news conference.

"It seems that it is a voluntary surrender but we will know more in the afternoon. In Belgrade, no one in the Serbian government could immediately confirm the information.

Mr Milosevic, a common name in Serbia, is no relation of former strongman Slobodan Milosevic who is on trial in The Hague.

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Mr Dragomir Milosevic was commander of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps, which according to the 1998 indictment, shelled and shot at civilians in the Bosnian capital "with the intention to kill, maim, wound and terrorise".

No information was immediately available on the circumstances of Milosevic's surrender, or where he had been in the last six years.