Bosnian Indicted for Fighting for Islamic State in Syria
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Milarem Berbic. Photo: State court
The indictment, which has been filed to the state court for confirmation, alleges that in mid-2014, Milarem Berbic left Bosnia and Herzegovina and travelled to Turkey and then onwards illegally to Syria, where he joined foreign paramilitary formations which operated as part of the so-called Islamic State.
According to the charges, during his stay in Syria, Berbic was featured in Islamic State propaganda videos.
“After having spent several years as member of so-called ISIL structures, in early 2019 during the collapse of that terrorist organisation, he was captured by Kurdish forces and deported to Bosnia and Herzegovina in late 2019. He is now held in custody,” the state prosecution said in its announcement.
Berbic was deported to Bosnia by plane in December 2019 together with Jasmin Keserovic, Armen Dzelko, Senad Kasupovic, Hamza Labidi, Muharem Dunjic and Emir Alisic, who are all suspected of having fought for organisations in Syria that the United Nations has classified as terrorist groups.
The prosecution has already filed indictments charging Dzelko and Keserovic, whose trials have already begun, as well as Kasupovic, whose trial will begin soon, while investigations into Labidi, Alisic and Dunjic are still underway.
