Thursday, 8 may 2025.
Prijavite se na sedmični newsletter Detektora
Newsletter
Novinari Detektora svake sedmice pišu newslettere o protekloj i sedmici koja nas očekuje. Donose detalje iz redakcije, iskrene reakcije na priče i kontekst o događajima koji oblikuju našu stvarnost.

Prosecutor Tarik Crnkic said threats were sent to a key witness, and said it wasn’t important whether the defendant or someone else threatened the witness.

Crnkic said the witness received threats related to the trial over the phone, and said that he told him during a brief telephone conversation, that he was “afraid to come and testify.”

Vlacic, a former member of military police with the Bircanska Brigade of the Bosnian Serb Army, has been charged with the murder and inhumane treatment of detainees in the Lovac facility in Sekovici in 1993.

According to the indictment, Vlacic took three detained civilians out of their prison cells and beat them until they died. It is further alleged that he then ordered another prisoner to carry their bodies back to the cells and threatened him not to tell anyone about their deaths.

Vlacic’s defense attorney Dejan Bogdanovic said he believed it was too early for a custody order motion and said this was the second time the witness claimed to have received threats.

According to Bogdanovic, the prosecution wanted to increase public interest in the testimony by claiming the witness had received threats. He said his client didn’t call the witness and didn’t have anyone call the witness for him.

Bogdanovic proposed that the witness be asked about the threats and that they determined where the call was placed from. Also, he provided the court with a recording made by a security camera in a cafe in Zvornik, “in which one can see that my client was there with his family at the relevant time.”

The court said it would render a written decision. The trial is scheduled to continue in September.

Najčitanije
Saznajte više
Bosnian Army Ex-Soldiers Jailed for Beating Prisoners
Former Bosnian Army soldiers Muhko and Safet Velagic were found guilty of committing war crimes against prisoners of war in the Bugojno area in July 1993. The Cantonal Court in Novi Travnik sentenced Muhko Velagic was sentenced to seven years in prison and Safet Velagic to six years for war crimes against prisoners of war.
Bosnian Serb Policeman Jailed for Shooting Civilian
Former policeman Mladjen Vasiljevic was sentenced to three years in prison for shooting a civilian dead in the Ribnik area in August 1992. The District Court in Banja Luka on Tuesday convicted ex-policeman Mladjen Vasiljevic of committing crimes against the civilian population in the Ribnik area.
Policeman Convicted of Murdering Bosniak Brothers, Sister
Bosnian Serb Soldier Acquitted of Sokolac Beating
Bosnian Serb Soldier Jailed for Prisoners’ Beating, Murder
Bosnian Boxing Star Acquitted of Wartime Crimes