Corpse Covered with Blanket in Plandiste

Veseljko Markovic said that he went to Plandiste village, Kakanj municipality, with Police Commander Serif Ramovic after they had received a notification about a murder.

Markovic said that, upon their arrival, Commander Ramovic asked what had happened. After that Fedzad Jasarspahic, who commanded the operation in Plandiste, told him that a man nicknamed Dedo had killed one man.

“I saw a corpse covered with blanket in front of the house. I noticed that his neck area was totally destroyed. I did not notice anything else. Later on I helped undertakers carry the body to a morgue. The family of the killed man was afraid, so I accommodated them at my place for a few days. We buried Sekula the following day. He was buried in the blanket, with which he had been covered, because there were no coffins,” Markovic said.

Fadil Dajic, also known as Dedo, is charged, along with Vahid Hadrovic, with having participated in the abuse and murder of Sekula Poletan in Plandiste village, near Kakanj, while confiscating weapons on June 9, 1993.

The Zenica Cantonal Prosecution examined doctor Sabiha Brkic-Silajdzic at this hearing. She said that it was determined, through an examination, that Poletan died a violent death due to injuries on his head and ribs.

According to court expert Brkic-Silajdzic’s findings, the head injury consisted of a bone fracture caused by a mechanical object, whose dimensions matched those of a rifle butt.

“The rib injury was such that one cannot exclude the possibility that it was caused by a projectile fired from hand firearm. Both injuries are such that they could lead to the person’s death,” said court expert Brkic-Silajdzic.

Responding to Defence’s questions, court expert Brkic-Silajdzic said that the head injury caused by a quick hit could not necessarily be visible immediately after having acquired.

Third witness Milenko Srdic said that he participated in the police operation in Plandiste, but he did not see when and how Sekula Poletan was killed.

Srdic said that he had never heard who had killed Poletan.

The trial is due to continue on March 3.