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Ristic and Devic are charged with having stopped a cart in which 15 Bosniak civilians from Vrse and Lukavice villages were riding on their way back home after having performed their civil duty on October 10, 1995. They allegedly stopped the cart on the road to Sanski Most as per a previous agreement and armed with automatic guns.According to the charges, Ristic ordered the soldiers and civilians who were riding on the cart to get off. Ristic, Petar Arsenic and Devic then allegedly took the civilians, using force and threatening them with weapons, and later killed them in the vicinity of the Marjanovici-Domazeti hamlet.Arsenic concluded a guilt admission agreement with the Una-Sana Cantonal Prosecution. He was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.The trial is due to continue on March 8.D.D.———————————————————————————————–This article is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID.) The contents of this article are the sole responsibility of Balkan investigative reporting network (BIRN) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.
