(CNN) -- Bosnian police have recaptured a former
member of Serb paramilitary forces who escaped from prison nearly five
years ago, authorities said.
Radovan Stankovic was convicted in Bosnia in November 2006 for crimes
against humanity, including rape, sexual assault and enslavement of
women and young girls during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war.
He escaped from a Bosnian prison in May 2007.
"Today's apprehension of Stankovic significant for the victims of the
grave crimes he has been convicted for," the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said in a statement Saturday.
"I hope that this arrest reflects an increased commitment of the
authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina to support the process of bringing
to justice those responsible for the grave crimes committed on their
territory in the early 1990s."
Stankovic was captured in Foca, the same town he escaped from jail.
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