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Aide to wanted Mladic 'arrested' Aide to wanted Mladic is arrested
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A former Bosnian Serb general and close aide to top war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic has been arrested, reports say. A former Bosnian Serb general and close aide to top war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic has been arrested in Bosnia.
Zdravko Tolimir is one of the top fugitives sought by the UN's war crimes tribunal in The Hague for his alleged role in the Srebrenica massacre.Zdravko Tolimir is one of the top fugitives sought by the UN's war crimes tribunal in The Hague for his alleged role in the Srebrenica massacre.
Belgrade-based broadcaster B-92 reported his arrest. It did not say where he had been captured. Mr Tolimir was reportedly tracked down in the Bosnian Serb part of Bosnia. The Hague tribunal confirmed the arrest.
General Ratko Mladic has evaded arrest for years. He is wanted for war crimes against Muslim civilians in the 1990s.General Ratko Mladic has evaded arrest for years. He is wanted for war crimes against Muslim civilians in the 1990s.
Up to 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed in Srebrenica in 1995. Mr Tolimir was arrested in eastern Bosnia close to the border with Serbia and just a few kilometres from the town of Srebrenica.
Gen Mladic and his political boss Radovan Karadzic have been indicted for genocide over these killings and the 43-month siege of Sarajevo, which claimed over 10,000 lives. Up to 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed there in 1995.
Zdravko Tolimir is suspected of being part of the network that has helped Ratko Mladic to escape capture. Olga Kavran, spokeswoman for the chief UN war crimes prosecutor for former Yugoslavia, Carla Del Ponte, said they were informed of the arrest by the Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik.
Preparations are being made for his transfer to the Hague.
"We understand [he] has some health issues and we will try to assess what these issues are in order to make arrangements for his transportation to The Hague," a tribunal spokesman told Reuters.
Mr Tolimir was considered the third most wanted war crimes fugitive in the Balkans after Gen Mladic and his wartime political leader Radovan Karadzic.
Both Mladic and Karadzic have been indicted for genocide over the killings in Srebrenica and the 43-month siege of Sarajevo, which claimed over 10,000 lives.
Mr Tolimir is suspected of being part of the network that has helped Ratko Mladic to escape capture.