Bosnian Father and Son Deny Visegrad Crimes
Former Bosnian Serb fighters Jovan and Goran Popovic pleaded not guilty to crimes against humanity, including involvement in killings and rape, in the Visegrad area in 1992.
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“I am not guilty of a single letter in the indictment, let alone a count,” Jovan Popovic told the court in Sarajevo on Monday.
His son Goran Popovic also said that he was not guilty.
The two former fighters are indicted for allegedly participating in the persecution of Bosniak civilians from the village of Rodic Brdo in the Visegrad municipality in eastern Bosnia from April to September 1992.
They are charged with taking part in killings, forced relocations, illegal imprisonment, rape, sexual slavery, forced disappearances, the destruction and removal of property, causing severe suffering and physical harm and other inhuman acts.
Their trial will start in the next 60 days.
