Bosnian authorities have arrested 12 men suspected of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, for their role in an attack on a Bosnian village that killed at least 150 Muslims in 1992.
The men, former members of the Bosnian Serb army and police "are charged with murders, torture, rapes, as well as with looting and destroying the property of Bosniaks in the village of Zecovi as part of a bid to drive the Bosniaks from the village," the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
Prosecutors went on to say the crimes were part of a "wide and systematic attack of (Serb) army and police against the Muslim population of the village of Zecovi... in which more than 150 victims were killed."
In April 1992 Bosnian Serb forces gained control of the Prijedor region, including the village of Zecovi. An excavation of a mass grave discovered there last year unearthed the bodies of more than 150 victims, including 29 women and children. Over 1,000 victims are thought to have been buried in the grave, the largest discovered since the end of the conflict in 1995, with excavations still ongoing.
Two other men are already in Bosnian custody over the attack on Zecovi, with prosecutors stating the case is "one of the most complex" filed thus far.
Three international warrants have also been issued against suspects in the case who are currently residing outside of Bosnia.