Joining operation after Trusina

Memic stated that he never went to Trusina village where the crime was committed on 16 April 1993. He explained that after he joined the unit, he was “listed in a record book”, after which he spent the following few days in a room of the Mraziste Hotel on Mount Igman, the then unit field station.

Zeljka Marenic, the Presiding Judge, asked Memic if he had been officially told not to join the operation before he got to know the new fellow soldiers better.

“No, I was not told by anyone officially. Such is the practice. Trust me, had I stepped into the line they would have kicked me out,” the accused replied.

According to his testimony, Repovce was the first operation he took part in following 16 April 1993.

Memic started testifying on 18 March 2013 when Prosecutor Vesna Budimir argued that more than one of his fellow soldiers stated that he had been in Trusina.

He explained that he had trusted them while they were in the unit, but he changed his mind after they testified about hating him, adding that they will have these accusations “on their conscience.”

In addition to him, also tried for the crime in Trusina are Dzevad Salcin, Nedzad Hodzic, Nihad Bojadzic and Zulfikar Alispago, former members of the Zulfikar detachment, including Senad Hakalovic, former member of the Neretvica brigade. At the hearing, Judge Marenic stated that a new expert analysis of indictee Hodzic would be conducted.

His defence council Midhat Koco announced that a criminal report would be filed against Abdulah Kucukalic, a member of expert witness team who established that Hodzic simulates mental disturbance.

During the proceedings, Hodzic left the hearings with his defence council explaining that he did not feel well.