Lavrnic Acquitted of Kljuc Killings
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The presiding judge at the cantonal court in Bihac said on Monday that the prosecution did not succeed in proving at Lavrnic’s retrial that he killed the civilians in the village of Reizovici on February 10, 1993.
“During the retrial, the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt allegations from the indictment and everything was circumstantial evidence,” said judge Jasminka Karabegovic.
Lavrnic, a former serviceman with the 17th Kljuc Brigade of the Bosnian Serb Army, was acquitted of charges for killing Fatima and Hata Risovic and Ramiza Adzemovic and wounding Ejub Cenanovic.
His retrial started last March, after the supreme court of the Bosnian Federation entity quashed the previous verdict handed down by the cantonal court in Bihac, which also acquitted Lavrnic.
The verdict can be appealed.
