Offered resistance: Saša Cvetković, rapist of Bosniak women in Bratunac, arrested

At the order of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a suspect for war crimes in the area of Bratunac, whom the prosecution had been searching for a longer period, was deprived of liberty.

Acting on the request of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, police officers of the Border Police of BiH, at the Bratunac Border Crossing, deprived of liberty the suspect Cvetković Saša, born in 1972, a citizen of Serbia.

According to the information provided by the police authorities, the suspect offered resistance during the arrest.

The aforementioned suspect is under investigation by the Prosecutor's Office of BiH and is suspected of having committed the criminal offense of war crimes against the civilian population under Article 173 of the Criminal Code of BiH in 1992 in the area of Bratunac.

He is suspected of having committed rape and sexual abuse of victims, women of Bosniak nationality from the area of Bratunac.

The Prosecutor's Office of BiH had been searching for the aforementioned suspect for a longer period, and operational information indicated that he was in the area of Serbia (Ljubovija).

The suspect will be handed over to the prosecutor in charge during the day, who will examine the suspect, after which a decision on further activities will be made.

The Prosecutor's Office of BiH is undertaking intensive activities to detect, locate and prosecute perpetrators of war crimes, wherever they may be.