No Complaints about Bojadzic

Defence witness Nazif Keskin said that “The Battle of Neretva” Museum in Jablanica was one of the places he guarded in 1993 and that Croat civilians and prisoners of war were held in it.

“A notebook for writing down observations was kept at the reception desk. If any extraordinary events happened, they were noted down,” the witness said.

Keskin explained that one could not have accessed detainees who were held in the basement premises, without obtaining permission from the Manager. He said that the detainees were locked and that a guard shift leader had the key. 

The witness said that he did not hear anybody complaining about Bojadzic and that he did not see any notes about it in the observation notebook. As he said, had he beaten up somebody, it would have been registered.

He told the Court that he was never close to Bojadzic, former Deputy Commander of “Zulfikar” Unit of the Army of BiH, who is on trial for torture, sexual abuse and rape of Croats, who were detained in the Museum.

Second Defence witness Vahidin Pozder said that he did not see Bojadzic visit the Museum during his shifts. He said that he did not see any incidents involving the indictee written down in the notebook. 

According to his testimony, none of the detainees complained about Bojadzic.

Pozder explained that military policemen guarded prisoners of war in the basement premises in order to make sure that “one could not access them without permission”. As he said, the commanding staff of “Zulfikar” Unit could not enter the Museum without permission.  

Both of the witnesses, who appeared as the first Defence witnesses in this case, said that their shifts in the Museum lasted 24 hours and that they had between five and ten shifts per month.

The trial is due to continue on June 5.