Another Indictment for Kalinovik Crimes Confirmed
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has confirmed an indictment against Slavko Lalovic, a former member of the reserve police forces with the Public Safety Station, PSS, in Kalinovik, charging him with crimes against civilians committed in that town.
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The State Court issued an announcement, saying the State Prosecution’s indictment was confirmed in regard to three counts and rejected in regard to four counts.
Slavko Lalovic is charged with having assisted in the commission of violence against civilians who were unlawfully detained in the Miladin Radojevic school building in Kalinovik, by allowing, in his role as a prison guard, soldiers to enter the prison and mistreat civilians.
The State Prosecution considers that Lalovic, as reserve policeman and prison guard, applied intimidation and terror measures in August 1992.
The indictment further alleges that Lalovic allowed two members of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Army to enter a room in which they then raped a female detainee, in August 1992.
Lalovic has been held in custody since his arrest in May this year. A plea hearing is due to be held within the next 15 days.
On October 13 this year the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed an indictment against Milan Peric, Spasoje Doder, Predrag Terzic and Aleksandar Cerovina, former members of the PSS in Kalinovik, who are charged with having participated in crimes against the non-Serb population in that area.
By a first instance verdict, pronounced in December last year, Ratko Bundalo, former Commander of Kalinovik Tactical Group, was sentenced to 19 years’ imprisonment and Nedjo Zeljaja, former Commander of the PSS in Kalinovik, to 15 years for participation in a series of crimes committed in the Kalinovik area.
Slavko Lalovic is charged with having assisted in the commission of violence against civilians who were unlawfully detained in the Miladin Radojevic school building in Kalinovik, by allowing, in his role as a prison guard, soldiers to enter the prison and mistreat civilians.
The State Prosecution considers that Lalovic, as reserve policeman and prison guard, applied intimidation and terror measures in August 1992.
The indictment further alleges that Lalovic allowed two members of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Army to enter a room in which they then raped a female detainee, in August 1992.
Lalovic has been held in custody since his arrest in May this year. A plea hearing is due to be held within the next 15 days.
On October 13 this year the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed an indictment against Milan Peric, Spasoje Doder, Predrag Terzic and Aleksandar Cerovina, former members of the PSS in Kalinovik, who are charged with having participated in crimes against the non-Serb population in that area.
By a first instance verdict, pronounced in December last year, Ratko Bundalo, former Commander of Kalinovik Tactical Group, was sentenced to 19 years’ imprisonment and Nedjo Zeljaja, former Commander of the PSS in Kalinovik, to 15 years for participation in a series of crimes committed in the Kalinovik area.
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