Herzegovina, April 01, SPA -- Bosnian Serb police on Tuesday searched the homes of two former bodyguards of Bosnia's most-wanted war crimes suspect, Radovan Karadzic, in authorities' latest effort to track him down, police said. Police began simultaneous searches at the homes of Zeljko Maljukan and Dusko Mihajlovic in Pale, Karadzic's wartime stronghold, 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of Sarajevo. During Bosnia's 1992-95 war, both men were Karadzic's bodyguards and are suspected of being in the network of those who have helped him evade justice for years. The aim Tuesday was to find material or information to help in the search for Karadzic and to put pressure on networks that support him in hiding, said Lt. Philip Treloar, a spokesman for the European Union Force. Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb wartime political leader, and Ratko Mladic, his military commander, were indicted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, for genocide and other crimes, including the slaughter of up to 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica during Bosnia's war. Both have eluded capture since the 1995 indictment. NATO officials believe a network of supporters is funding and helping to hide the fugitives. Mladic is believed to be hiding in Serbia, but there have been no hints about Karadzic's whereabouts for years. Karadzic's home and the houses of his children have been raided many times, with documents and other material seized and his family members questioned, the Associated Press reported. Washington is offering US$5 million (euro3.2 million) for any information that could lead to the arrest of Karadzic, Mladic or two other suspects on the run: Stojan Zupljanin, a Bosnian Serb military leader, and Goran Hadzic, a political leader wanted for war crimes in Croatia.
