(8 Aug 1996) Serbo-Croat/Nat
Bosnian Muslims and Croats have exchanged 13 prisoners of war near Mostar.
The swap of eight Muslims and five Croats took place on a makeshift bridge in Potoci, about 10 kilometers (six miles) north of Mostar under the auspices of the International Red Cross, the International Police Task Force and European monitors.
The exchange of prisoners between Muslims and Croats was long overdue - under the Dayton peace agreement, all P-O-Ws should have been handed over by January 19th.
Seven of the eight Muslim prisoners were soldiers from Middle East countries, while one of the Croats was said to hold Swedish citizenship.
Jack Arklov, a mercenary, is a neo-Nazi who has spent a number of years in prison.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
"The Croatian side has released seven Mujahideen and one former JNA soldier. We also gave one Swedish man, who was a member of the HVO who has been handed over personally to the Swedish ambassador."
SUPER CAPTION: Berislav Pusic, Croat spokesman
During the four years of civil war in Bosnia several hundred Islamic mercenaries - Mujahideen - fought together with Bosnian Muslims.
Their presence in Bosnia was admitted by the international community only after the deployment of I-FOR troops.
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