Mobilisation in Bratunac

Witness Aleksandar Tesic, former officer with the Municipal Secretariat for National Defence in Bratunac, said that two orders for mobilisation of all able-bodied men were issued on April 16 and May 28, 1992.
 
He said that the Reconnaissance Squad existed and that it was subordinate to the municipal Headquarters of the Territorial Defence, TO. He specified that the Squad was filled with younger members, aged up to 35 years.  
 
“The Squad was first filled up with both Serbs and Bosniaks, but Bosniaks did not want to respond to calls, so the Squad was then filled with non-assigned members of TO companies,” the witness explained.  
 
Najdan Mladjenovic is charged, along with Savo Zivkovic, with having participated in attacks on Hranca and Glogova villages in May 1992, when several tens of civilians were killed and their property pillaged and set on fire. According to the charges, Mladjenovic was Commander of the TO and Zivkovic was a member of that unit.
 
When asked by attorney Dejan Bogdanovic if he knew indictee Mladjenovic, the witness said that he did, but he could not confirm whether he had received an invitation for mobilisation and whether he was member of that Squad.
 
“I supposed that all able-bodied men received the invitation, but I cannot confirm whether Mladjenovic received it too,” Tesic said.
 
Witness Luka Bogdanovic told the Court that checkpoints were set up on the road between Bratunac and Konjevic Polje due to “the tensions, which amplified day by day”.
 
“Three checkpoints were set up, in Repovci, Hranca and Kravica,” the witness said.
 
The trial is due to continue on January 14.