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US indicts 16 ex-Bosnian Serb soldiers in immigration case

US authorities indicted 16 former soldiers in the Bosnian Serb military, including one who allegedly took part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, for hiding their past to obtain refugee status.

Indictments issued in six states by the US Justice Department accused 15 of the 16 of fraudulently immigrating into the US by lying about their background in Bosnian Serb military forces, the department said in a statement.

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