Momic was arrested in France on a warrant issued by Interpol in February 2011, spokeswoman for the Croatian Interior Ministry Aleksandra Ljuba told press.

Momic, who is being tried in absentia by the County Court in Vukovar, was placed in the Osijek prison, the interior ministry said.

The French news agency AFP, reported on Tuesday that Croatia requested Momic's extradition as he is charged with of the murder of one Croatian civilian and torture of several villagers in Berak, eastern Croatia, in 1991.

The Croatian Serb, according to AFP, is also suspected of taking part in the Srebrenica massacre in July 1995. He is also allegedly wanted by the Serbian authorities for crimes against humanity, because he was a member of the infamous special forces unit "The Scorpions", engaged in the Srebrenica atrocities.

Momic was granted French citizenship in 2006 after he married a French woman and changed his name to Guy Monier.

France, which does not extradite its citizens to other countries, decided to extradite Momic because the said crimes were committed at the time Momic did not have French citizenship, according to AFP.