The United States extradited a former Bosnian soldier to face charges of war crimes in Bosnia.
Edin Dzeko, now a naturalised US citizen, is accused of taking part in the mass murder of Croatian civilians in the South of Bosnia, in 1993.
In a statement, the Bosnian prosecutor's office said,
"Defendant Edin Dzeko was deported from the United States and handed over to Bosnia-Herzegovina authorities on December 20."
See US citizen agrees to face war crimes trial in Bosnia (17 Nov 2011)
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