Trial of Rackovic Begins on February 12

As agreed at a status conference held before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the trial of Vitomir Rackovic, who is charged with crimes in Visegrad, is due to begin on February 12.

Autor:

Mirna Buljugić

31. january 2014. | 00:00

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Prosecutor Dzevad Muratbegovic announced that he would examine 31 witnesses and that he would need about 20 days to do that.

Besides the presentation of State Prosecution’s introductory statement and reading of the indictment, the first witness will also be examined at the hearing on February 12.

According to the indictment, which was confirmed by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on December 9 last year, Rackovic, former member of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, participated in attacks on Bosniak villages in Visegrad municipality from May to the end of August 1992.

The Prosecution alleges that Rackovic participated in the detention, torture and forced disappearances of people, as well as rape and other inhumane acts. Some of the unlawfully arrested persons have been missing without trace, while bodies of some of the civilians were exhumed at Slap in Zepa in 2000.