A statue of the late Pope John Paul II is to be erected in Sarajevo on April 30 as a way of paying tribute to a man that many Sarajevans remember as a peacemaker.

Leaders of the Serbian entity in Bosnia have dismissed claims that a new decree on checking people’s residence targets any specific ethnic group or returnees.

The Bosnian State Investigation and Protection Agency arrested four former Croat fighters on suspicion that they committed war crimes including rape in the Odzak area in 1992.