Eight Bosnian Croats were arrested by police in Bosnia-Herzegovina on suspicion of having committed war crimes during the conflict in Bosnia in the early 90s, AP reported.
A statement from the prosecution office in Sarajevo said on Thursday the men were members of the Bosnian Croat armed forces and that they are suspected of having arrested and tortured some 200 Bosniak civilians, including women and minors.
Muslim Bosniaks, Catholic Croats and Christian Orthodox Serbs fought each other during the country's war of independence after Yugoslavia fell apart. Over 100,000 people died during the conflict and half of the population were displaced. Although at first, Bosniaks and Croats were allies, they turned on each other in 1993. Croat forces then expelled Bosniaks from the areas they controlled in the south of the country. The suspects allegedly arrested the civilians and tortured them in a jail in the town of Ljubiski.