Indictee Falls Sick, Hearing Interrupted
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After having received medical assistance, Bunoza woke up from unconsciousness, but the Trial Chamber decided to interrupt the testimony by Rade Ivanovic, who began testifying on November 18.
Bunoza’s Defence attorney Midhat Koco said that his client had an epileptic attack. “Physicians say that he cannot continue today,” he said.
Bunoza is charged, along with Edhem Godinjak and Medaris Saric, with having participated in a joint criminal enterprise aimed at killing and detaining Serbs in villages in the Trnovo area.
The indictment alleges that Godinjak was Chief of the Public Safety Station in Trnovo, Saric was Commander of the Territorial Defence, TO, Headquarters in Trnovo, while Bunoza was Commander of Croatian Defence Forces, HOS, units.
Prior to the interruption of the trial, witness Ivanovic was examined by Vasvija Vidovic, Defence attorney of indictee Saric. She denied the witness’ allegation that the police was divided into Muslim and Serb forces on April 21, 1992, when Muslim soldiers killed a mixed police patrol.
The witness added that, after April 21, 1992 he became Chief of the Serb Police Station in Trnovo. Vidovic claimed that the Serb Police Station was secretly formed back in March 1992.
“That is not true,” Ivanovic said, also denying the Defence’s allegation that he was involved in the establishment of the Serb Territorial Defence in Trnovo.
The examination of Ivanovic is due to continue on January 13 next year.
