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Trial of Fourteen Former Bosnian Serb Army Soldiers Begins April 17

At a status conference held before the Bosnian state court, the start date for the trial of fourteen former Bosnian Serb Army soldiers was set for April 17. The defendants have been accused of committing war crimes in Zecovi, Prijedor, in July 1992.

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Prosecutor Izet Odobasic said he would interrogate 79 witnesses, read statements given by three witnesses, call upon four expert witnesses and lodge 443 pieces of material evidence.

Dusan Milunic, Radomir Stojnic, Radovan Cetic, Dusko Zoric, Zoran Stojnic, Zeljko Grbic, Ilija Zoric, Zoran Milunic, Bosko Grujicic, Ljubisa Cetic, Rade Grujcic, Uros Grujcic, Zdravko Antonic and Rajko Gnjatovic have been charged with participating in an attack on the village of Zecovi in 1992, during which more than 150 persons were killed.

They are charged with the murder of 29 women and children in the village of Gradina, after which the bodies of the victims were removed to a mass grave which has yet to be located.

According to the charges, Milunic was the commander of the Rasavacka Company of the 6th Battalion of the 43rd Brigade of the Bosnian Serb Army, Radomir Stojnic was commander of the reserve police station in Rasavci, and Radovan Cetic was president of the Serbian Democratic Party and crisis committee in the village of Rasavci. The other defendants were members of the Rasavacka Company.

Emina Dizdarević Tahmiščija


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