Karadzic Stole False Name from Bosnian War Victim - Report

World | July 24, 2008, Thursday // 00:00
Karadzic Stole False Name from Bosnian War Victim - Report: Karadzic Stole False Name from Bosnian War Victim - Report The photograph shows Karadzic, aka Dragan Dabic, speaking in a forum dedicated to healthy lifestyle. Photo by B92.net

Serbian authorities have been investigating whether the false identity adopted by the already arrested Radovan Karadzic was that of a civilian killed in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war.

Karadzic, who is accused of genocide, was living and working under the name of Dragan David Dabic. Serbian media said Dabic was a Serb fighter who died in the war but reports from Sarajevo, quoted by the Guardian, claim he was a civilian killed by Karadzic's troops who besieged the Bosnian capital during the 1992-1995 war.

The spokesman for Serbia's war crimes prosecutor, Bruno Vekaric, said authorities are also trying to discover who helped Karadzic assume the identity.

Karadzic was arrested at a police raid in Belgrade on Monday, 13 years after he was first indicted by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for genocide.

The former president of the Republic of Srpska is accused of authorizing the shooting of civilians during the 43-month siege of Sarajevo and orchestrating the slaughter of some 8,000 Muslim men in the Eastern Bosnian town of Srebernica during the Bosnia war.
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