No Military Targets in Attacked Village

The witness, Vahid Aladjuz, said that as a commander of the Igman Squad, he was assigned with participating in the attack on the barracks of the Yugoslav People’s Army in Zunovnica aimed at “unlocking Hadzici”.

“In the village of Kasatici no military or police target were stationed. However, our reconnaissance showed targets at the edge of the village,” said Aladjuz before the Cantonal Court.

He, as well as witness Fadil Covic, police chief in Hadzici, claimed that they heard about the murder of four Serb civilians in Kasatici only later, when an investigation was launched several years ago.

“I heard about it when suspects were arrested. I would not have kept anyone in my ranks if I heard they did something like that,” said Covic.

According to the indictment, Azemin Sadikovic, a member of the Bosnian armed forces, killed four Serb civilians in the village of Kasatici in May 1992.

Covic said that Sadikovic was during the war a reserve policeman and that police did not participate in the attack on the barracks, “aimed at taking the weapons from the Yugoslav People’s Army’s storage.”

“After the war, he was an active policeman, and that presupposes that he underwent thorough checks and that there were no outstanding arrest warrants for him,” said Covic.

Replying to the Defence’s questions, the witness said that majority Bosniak population left Kasatici, that Serb citizens were handed out weaponry and that the village was under the control of the reservists from the Yugoslav People’s Army.

The Prosecution finished examining proposed witnesses, and the trial is scheduled to resume on November 12.

The indictment against Sadikovic was filed by the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina in January this year and the case was transferred to the Sarajevo Cantonal Court a month later.