The accused, 43, whose name was not given, was a "guard at the Dretelj camp, where a large number of Bosnian Serbian civilians were detained." The Metro daily named him as Ahmet Makitan and said he took Swedish nationality in 2006.
======================================================================================================== Published Tuesday, 05 October 2010 15:31 Author: AFP / The Swedish Wire Bosnian man faces war crimes trial in Sweden<http://www.swedishwire.com/politics/6556-bosnian-man-faces-war-crimes-trial-in-sweden> *Swedish citizen accused of torture and inhuman treatment.*** A man of Bosnian origin is to go on trial in Sweden for war crimes allegedly committed in Bosnia Herzegovina during the war in the former Yugoslavia, the public prosecutor's office said on Tuesday. "The crimes took place in the south of Bosnia Herzegovina near to the river Neretva, which served as a line of demarcation between the Croat and Serb forces," a statement said. The accused, 43, whose name was not given, was a "guard at the Dretelj camp, where a large number of Bosnian Serbian civilians were detained." The Metro daily named him as Ahmet Makitan and said he took Swedish nationality in 2006. He is accused of "submitting detainees at the camp to torture, to inhuman treatment" between May and August 1992. The public prosecutor's office said the trial could last several months due to the large number of alleged crimes and victims. The trial is due to open on October 13. http://www.swedishwire.com/politics/6556-bosnian-man-faces-war-crimes-trial-in-sweden
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