"Guduric, accompanied by his lawyer, turned himself in to the police inBanja Luka around 8 pm last night, after which he was arrested on a CroatianInterpol warrant issued for first degree murder," ministry spokeswomanMirna Soja told Hina, adding Guduric did not want to make any statements afterturning himself in.

Earlier on Tuesday, Guduric was transferred to Sarajevo and placed incustody at the State Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He is expected to bequestioned later today by a State Court judge who will decide whether toextradite him to Croatia, which wants to try him.

The State Court told Hina there were two warrants for Guduric's arrest, oneissued by Croatia and one by Serbia. Guduric is a citizen of Serbia andMontenegro.

Apart from Guduric, the Croatian anti-corruption office USKOK indictedRobert and Luka Matanic, Amir Mafalani, Zeljko Milovanovic and SlobodanDjurovic for the murders of Pukanic and Franjic.

Under the indictment, Milovanovic drove a moped with explosive and parked itin front of Pukanic's car in downtown Zagreb six hours before the murder, whileGuduric, armed with a sniper, watched the parking lot from the attic of anearby building ready to kill Pukanic if the explosive failed.

After the assassination, the 29-year-old Guduric escaped. A warrant wasissued for his arrest. Until his surrender, his whereabouts were unknown.

According to the Croatian warrant, he is accused of first degree murder,conspiracy, and serious crimes against public security.

According to the media, he was a member of a Novi Sad, Serbia criminal gangsuspected of armed robberies in Novi Sad, Sombor, Sremska Mitrovica andSrbobran, all in Serbia, in 2004 and 2005.

The reasons for his surrender two days before the start of the trial for themurders at the Zagreb County Court are unknown. His Zagreb lawyer Dragan Balticwas unavailable for comment.

The Croatian Police Directorate was unavailable for comment on whether theyhad been officially notified by their Bosnian colleagues about Guduric'sarrest.