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| Man held over war crimes claim | Man held over war crimes claim |
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| A UK resident has been arrested on suspicion of war crimes in Croatia, the Foreign Office says. | |
| Milorad Pejic, who holds a British passport and lived in Corby, Northamptonshire, was arrested last week when he returned to Belgrade. | Milorad Pejic, who holds a British passport and lived in Corby, Northamptonshire, was arrested last week when he returned to Belgrade. |
| He is accused of involvement in the deaths of more than 200 people in a town in Croatia in 1991. | He is accused of involvement in the deaths of more than 200 people in a town in Croatia in 1991. |
| A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of his arrest and we are monitoring the situation." | A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of his arrest and we are monitoring the situation." |
| International warrant | |
| The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor's Office said Mr Pejic, an ethnic Serb born in Croatia, was suspected of involvement in the massacre of 200 Croatian prisoners of war at a pig farm in Ovcara, near Vukovar. | |
| He was arrested on an international arrest warrant at Belgrade airport on 19 March. | |
| Serbian authorities said they had begun investigating Mr Pejic's alleged involvement in the 2003 killings but because he lived in Britain they were unable to arrest him. | |
| More than 1,000 civilians were killed in a three-month siege and bombardment of Vukovar. | |
| Serbian courts later sentenced 14 former militiamen to jail terms of up to 20 years for the killing of at least 200 prisoners of war seized at a Vukovar hospital. | |
| A re-trial was ordered by Serbia's supreme court over alleged irregularities in the proceedings. | |
| In September 2007 two former Yugoslav Army officers were convicted by the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague over the massacre. |