US federal authorities have arrested a Serbian man, after it was reported he lied about his involvement in war crimes to immigration officials.
Alexander Kneginich was arrested in Michigan this week after he failed to inform authorities about both the time he served in the Bosnian Serb military and his subsequent conviction for the killing of two Muslim civilians in 1994.
Mr Kneginich faces up to 10 years imprisonment as well as deportation to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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