Former general of the Army of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Jovan Divjak was arrested at Vienna International Airport on Thursday, based on an international warrant on charges of war crimes committed in Sarajevo in 1992, Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic has told Tanjug.

Dacic said that Divjak had been brought before the judge Thursday and that the judge would decide whether to detain him.

According to information from the BiH Embassy in Vienna, Divjak (73) was arrested based on a red Interpol warrant dating from 2008, which was issued by Serbia.

Prior to joining the BiH Army, Divjak was a general in the former Yugoslav Peoples Army (JNA).

Serbia issued the international warrant seeking his arrest over charges of committing a war crime against JNA members in Sarajevo.

According to the information from Vienna, general Divjak was arrested late Thursday at Schwehat Airport while on a flight from Sarajevo to Bologna.

He is currently placed in an investigation detention center, from where he will be taken before the investigative judge.

The news about Divjak's arrest was broadcast as breaking news on the national BiH television channel, and was also confirmed by BiH Ambassador in Vienna Haris Hrle.