Balkans war crimes suspect recaptured in Australia

A Balkans war crimes suspect on the run in Australia for 43 days has been recaptured and faces extradition to Croatia, police said on Thursday.

Former Serb commander Dragan Vasiljkovic, 55, an Australian who also has Serbian citizenship, had been on the run since losing a four-year legal battle on March 30, when Australia's High Court approved his extradition and reinstated a 2006 warrant for his arrest. Vasiljkovic is accused of torturing and killing Croat soldiers and civilians, as well as a foreign journalist during Croatia's 1991-95 independence war. (Reuters)