Mahmutovic Charged with Crimes against Detainees
The Cantonal Court in Bihac confirms an indictment against Dzevad Mahmutovic, charging him with crimes in the Cazin and Bihac areas in 1995.
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Mahmutovic, a former member of the Fifth Battalion with military police of the 5th Corps of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ABiH, who was accompanied by several other members of his unit, is charged with having treated prisoners of war, members of the Republika Srpska Army, in an inhumane manner, while they were transported to an exchange location in March 1995.
The prisoners were transported from Cazin towards Izacic border crossing in Bihac municipality.
The Bihac Cantonal Court previously sentenced Safet Kovacevic to 18 months in prison for having committed this crime, while Husein Begic, Muhamed Anadolac, Abid Ljubijankic and Sabahudin Hafuric were acquitted of the charges.
