ZAGREB, May 9 -- Croatian authorities announced Monday the arrest of a suspected terrorist, accused of carrying out bombing raids in the capital Zagreb during the 1991 Serb-Croat war on behalf of the former Serb-dominated Yugoslav army.
Croatia's intelligence service said the arrested Radenko Radojcic, 42, was a member of the former Yugoslav army terrorist group Labrador, who fought against Croatia's secesion from the six-republic federal Yugoslavia in June 1991.
'An investigation has shown that Radojcic was the agent of the former JNA (Yugoslav People's Army), and as a member of the Labrador group he has committed acts of terrorism against the security of Croatia,' said a statememt released by the Ministry of Interior.
If found guilty, Radojcic could be sentenced to 20 years in prison, which is the highest punishment in Croatia after the death sentence was abolished in 1991.
The ministry also issued a arrest warrants for four Yugoslav army officers, suspected members of Labrador. They were said to be hiding in neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina as 'security advisers' of Bosnian Serb commander-in-chief, Gen. Ratko Mladic.
According to the authorities, the Labrador agents were part of an 'intelligence terrorist network, trained for sabotage missions, assassinations, kidnappings and other criminal acts in the capital Zagreb, aimed at undermining security of Croatia.'
Together, the five were suspected of planting a bomb at the Zagreb's Jewish cemetery and the Jewish council office in August 1991, which caused material damage and no casualties.
The authorities claimed the group was preparing to assassinate Croatia's top government officials.
One of the suspects was also accused of bombing the presidential palace in downtown Zagreb in October 1991. The suspect, a pilot of a Yugoslav air force jet, fired a rocket at the building. The explosion left President Franjo Tudjman unharmed.
An estimated 7,000 were killed and 30,000 wounded during the six- month bloody Serb-Croat war, which ended with a U.N.-brokered truce January 1992 and the deployment of 13,000 U.N. peacekeepers along the truce lines.
