This week BiH security forces arrested Sakib Mahmuljin, a notorious former military commander, for war crimes against Serb prisoners of war and civilians. Mahmuljin commanded the Bosnian Army’s Third Corps during the war, and also controlled the infamous El Mujahedin foreign fighters, which were attached to the Corps.
According to BiH prosecutors, Mujahedin fighters killed at least 50 Serb prisoners of war, who were handed over to them by the Third Corps.
The prosecution said that Mahmuljin had information that members of the El Mujahedin unit were preparing to commit these crimes.
It also suspects Mahmuljin of inhumanely treating 20 prisoners of war and civilians.
The Bosniak SDA said in a statement that the prosecution was merely trying to prove that it is not biased against Serbs, and that Mahmuljin is innocent. Serb leaders, on the other hand, have long complained that no high-level Bosniak leaders have been prosecuted for war crimes, and applauded the arrest.
