War crimes suspect extradited to Bosnian authorities

Former member of the Army of the Serbian Republic, Aleksandar Cvetkovic has been extradited from Israel to Bosnia. Cvetkovic is suspected of involvement in the liquidation of about 800 Muslims on the Branjevo site near Zvornik (Eastern Bosnia border with Serbia) in July 1995. Cvetkovic was extradited from Israel to the judiciary of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the request of the Prosecutor's Office, which is investigating his role in the mass murder of Bosnians from Srebrenica in July 1995, announced the Prosecution. "Aleksandar Cvetkovic is suspected of killing more than 800 Bosniak men and boys at a farm in Branjevo on 16th July 1995" the statement said. Prosecutor's Office investigators have learned that years ago Cvetkovic left Bosnia and Herzegovina. In cooperation with Interpol he is located in Israel in 2010. Cvetkovic has become part of the investigation into the crimes committed in Srebrenica after Drazen Erdemovic had mentioned his name, during the testimony in The Hague. Erdemovic had testified at the trial to Ratko Mladic whom the Hague Tribunal charged with genocide over the 7000 civilians in Srebrenica.