Former Macedonian interior minister charged with warcrimes by ICTY

Former Macedonian interior minister charged with warcrimes by ICTY
Agence France Presse -- English - March 14, 2005 Monday 4:04 PM GMT

SKOPJE March 14 - Former Macedonian interior minister Ljube Boskovski and his bodyguard Johan Trculovski have been charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, an interior ministry spokeswoman said here Monday.

"The ICTY has sent us the indictment of Ljube Boskovski and Johan Trculovski for violation of the rules and customs of war," Mirjana Ilieva told AFP.

Boskovski was arrested and detained at Pula in Croatia in August last year on a warrant issued by Skopje, accusing him of the murder of six Pakistani immigrants and an Indian in 2002.

Ilieva said Trculovski was arrested in Skopje Monday and would soon be transferred to The Hague, where the ICTY is based.