Gasal et al: Witness no Show Delays Hearing
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Defence lawyers for Enes Handzic had intended to stage a courtroom confrontation between witnesses Sabahudin Gazic and Zvonimir Silic, but Gazic didn’t appear in court.
In November 2008 Gazic testified for the prosecution and spoke about the events in the Vojin Paleksic school building and other buildings in Bugojno in which members of the Croatian Defence Council, HVO, were detained.
Handzic, Nisvet Gasal, Musajb Kukavica and Senad Dautovic are charged with crimes committed against Croat civilians and HVO members in Bugojno area in 1993 and 1994, including at the Vojin Paleksic school building, the Marxist Center – Cloister, the Cultural and Sports Center, a furniture shop, a gymnasium, the BH banka premises and at the Iskra stadium.
The indictment alleges that Gasal was manager and Kukavica was commander of security at the Iskra stadium detention camp where about 300 Croats were held in inhumane conditions. Handzic, former Assistant Commander for Security with the 307th Brigade of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Dautovic, former Chief of the Public Safety Station in Bugojno, are charged with participation in making plans for detaining civilians in Bugojno.
A summons will be sent to a different address for Gazic as he does not live at the address registered as his place of residence.
The trial will continue on August 25.
