Witness did not See Defendant in Police

Dragoslav Rakovic testified as an additional witness of Milisavljevic’s defence, after the prosecutor listed his name in the first count of amended indictment  and confirmed that he was engaged in the reserve police force in Visegrad in April 1992.

He said that he knew Milisavljevic from before, but that he does not know if he was engaged in warfare and where.

“We did not hang out. I saw him several times. We just said good afternoon to each other,” Rakovic said.

The witness has similary described his relationship with Junuz Tufekcic and said that he knew him by sight.

Tufekcic testifed in February 2013 and said that “people in black uniforms with cockades” met him in the town and took him to the police station on May 13 1992.

“First time my neighbor Rakovic and Predrag came to the door of the room. They took me to another room, where they beat me with another two men,” Tufekcic said.

Witness Rakovic said that he did not participate in detention of Bosniak civilians in April and May 1992, and that he has never seen Milisavljevic in the police rooms in Visegrad.

“I don’t know if they were arrested and detained in the [police] station. I wasn’t in touch with that,” Rakovic said.

Answering the question of the prosecutor Dzevad Muratbegovic, witness could not confirm whether the number of people whose names were read out were in the police.

Miliavljevic is charged, together with Milos Pantelic and Ljubomir Tasic, with having participated in murders, forced resettlement, detention, torture and other inhumane acts against Bosniaks from Visegrad between April and June 1992.

The indictment says the offences were committed when Milisavljevic and Pantelic were police reservists in Visegrad and Tasic was serving with the Bosnian Serb Army.

Closing arguments of the prosecution are scheduled for July 15.