Convicted war criminal Marko Maka Radic was murdered Monday evening in the south Bosnian city of Mostar near the City's police station and the killer was arrested, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton's Interior Ministry said.

Despite all efforts, the emergency medical team was unable to save Radic. After dispatching all available units to search for the suspected murderer, N1 learned that one J.C. was apprehended later in the evening.

The murdered Marko Radic was a war criminal, sentenced by the Bosniac Court to 21 years in prison, in 2011, for crimes against humanity, ie torture, imprisonment, murder and rape in the settlement of ‘Vojno’ near Mostar.

The verdict established that Radic personally participated in the rape of prisoners, including underage girls. He was not supposed to be released until 2027. However, he submitted a request to serve his sentence in Croatia, and on October 8, 2018, Bosnian Justice Minister, Josip Grubesa, signed a Decision on the transfer of a convicted person, which allowed for the transfer of Marko Radic from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Croatia so he could serve his sentence in that country.

The Zagreb County Court retried the case and passed a verdict which took over the execution of the verdict of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, changing the sentence to 12 years and six months in prison for not recognizing the concept of “joint criminal enterprise”. Thus Radić was released in December 2018. The victims protested the Zagreb Court's verdict and Radic's release.