Bosnian Serb police search homes of Karadzic's bodyguards

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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina, April 01, SPA -- Bosnian Serb police on Tuesday searched the homes of two former bodyguards of Bosnia's most-wanted war crimes suspect, Radovan Karadzic,in authorities' latest effort to track him down, policesaid. Police began simultaneous searches at the homes of ZeljkoMaljukan and Dusko Mihajlovic in Pale, Karadzic's wartimestronghold, 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of Sarajevo. During Bosnia's 1992-95 war, both men were Karadzic'sbodyguards and are suspected of being in the network ofthose who have helped him evade justice for years. The aim Tuesday was to find material or information tohelp in the search for Karadzic and to put pressure onnetworks that support him in hiding, said Lt. PhilipTreloar, a spokesman for the European Union Force. Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb wartime political leader, andRatko Mladic, his military commander, were indicted by theU.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, forgenocide and other crimes, including the slaughter of up to8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica during Bosnia's war. Both have eluded capture since the 1995 indictment. NATOofficials believe a network of supporters is funding andhelping to hide the fugitives. Mladic is believed to behiding in Serbia, but there have been no hints aboutKaradzic's whereabouts for years. Karadzic's home and the houses of his children have beenraided many times, with documents and other material seizedand his family members questioned, the Associated Press reported. Washington is offering US$5 million (euro3.2 million) forany information that could lead to the arrest of Karadzic,Mladic or two other suspects on the run: Stojan Zupljanin,a Bosnian Serb military leader, and Goran Hadzic, apolitical leader wanted for war crimes in Croatia. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/541940

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