Bosnia indicts Islamic fighter for terrorism
SARAJEVO, July 15 (Reuters) - Bosnia's state prosecutor on Monday indicted for terrorism a Bosnian Muslim who fought for Islamic State (IS) in Syria, after he was brought back to the country in April.
Ibro Cufurovic, who is from the northwestern town of Velika Kladusa, has been in custody since his extradition from Syria, following a detention by the Kurdish militia more than a year ago.
The 25-year-old has been indicted for organising a terrorist group, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
It said Cufurovic, using the name Abu Kasim Albosni, spent almost five years in Syria, where he participated alongside other Bosnians in terrorist activities and fought on the side of IS.
Bosnia's state court has tried and convicted 46 people who have returned from Syria or Iraq in the past few years.
According to Bosnian intelligence, 241 adults and 80 children left Bosnia or Bosnian diaspora from 2012-2016 for Syria and Iraq, where 150 more children were born. About 100 adults, including 49 women, remained there while at least 88 have been killed or died.
Several women with children, including Cufurovic's wife, have pleaded with Bosnian authorities to be allowed to return home but there is still no clear policy on how to deal with them because the children do not hold Bosnian citizenship.
(Reporting by Maja Zuvela, editing by Ed Osmond)
