Extradited From Germany, Wartime Serb Commander Faces New Trial In Bosnia

By Marija Tausan

The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday sought detention for Dragoljub Kunarac, accused of wartime crimes in Foca in eastern Bosnia, citing the risk of his flight and public unrest after he was extradited from Germany to Bosnia the day before. 

At a hearing held after Kunarac’s transfer from Germany, where he had been serving a 28-year prison sentence imposed by the Hague war-crimes tribunal, the defence insisted that detention was unjustified...