NATO personnel search home of alleged Mladic accomplice

05/09/2008

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- NATO forces on Thursday (September 4th) searched the home of a suspected accomplice of Bosnian Serb army wartime commander Ratko Mladic in the town of Rogatica, Republika Srpska (RS). NATO headquarters in Sarajevo confirmed that it searched the home of Petar Jesic, a retired RS army colonel, seeking additional information concerning Mladic's whereabouts. The operation was conducted in accordance with NATO's powers to help The Hague tribunal search for and arrest war crimes suspects. The Alliance reiterated that anyone with information that might lead to the location and arrest of Hague fugitives will be entitled to a reward. (RTRS, Tanjug, B92 - 04/09/08)