Belgrade: The War Crimes Prosecution officials confirmed that Hague fugitive Stojan Zupljanin was arrested on Wednesday.

Arrested in a flat in Pancevo, Zupljanin was brought to the Special Court at 13:00 CET where he was questioned by the investigative judge. He is accused of crimes against Muslims and Croats in Bosnian Krajina in Bosnia-Hercegovina. War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic confirmed that the police had been on the fugitive’s tail since a search operation at his home in Nis last month. No-one was injured in the operation.

Vukcevic told that Zupljanin had been hiding in Serbia over the last few months and that he had not resisted arrest. The war crimes prosecutor said, “Zupljanin has been in Serbia since the last arrest attempt in Nis, when we missed him by a whisker. We’ve been on the ground permanently since then, which has led to today’s arrest.”

Earlier, the President of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal Rasim Ljajic stated that “this arrest was proof that Serbia was doing everything it can to meet its commitments to cooperation with the Hague Tribunal,” adding that work would continue towards achieving full cooperation with the court.