Croatia blocks extradition of suspect in Hamas man’s killing
Croatia’s high courtroom blocks the extradition of a Bosnian man to Tunisia over the alleged homicide of an aerospace engineer, described by the Palestinian terror motion Hamas as certainly one of its members.
Mohamed Zaouari, 49, was killed in a hail of bullets exterior his home in Tunisia’s second metropolis Sfax in December 2016.
“The Supreme Court accepted the appeal of the suspect… and rejected the request for extradition from the Republic of Tunisia,” the courtroom says in an assertion.
At a listening to on May eight, the decrease courtroom stated it had established that “legal preconditions” had been met for the extradition of Alen Camdzic, 46, who has been named by native media.
The last determination might be made by the justice minister.
The suspect was arrested in Croatia on March 13 on a worldwide warrant and has been held in custody since, the courtroom, in Velika Gorica, close to Zagreb, stated in an assertion.
Camdzic’s arrest was introduced by Tunisian prosecutors, who stated they believed that two individuals with Bosnian passports had carried out the assassination.
The second suspect, Elvir Sarac, was briefly detained in Sarajevo earlier this week, however launched when a courtroom refused to hand him over to Tunisia, saying there was no extradition deal between the international locations.
Shortly after his loss of life, Hamas stated he was a drone professional who had labored for the “resistance” for a decade for a decade, earlier than being killed by “Zionist treachery.”
Israel has not responded to accusations that it was behind the killing.
— AFP