Mladic Expert Denies Police Findings on Sarajevo Attacks

Mladic, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army, is on trial for terrorising the population of Sarajevo through a sustained campaign of shelling and sniping attacks. He is also charged with ordering the Srebrenica genocide, the persecution of non-Serbs across the country and taking UN peacekeepers hostage.

At today’s hearing, Subotic analyzed three attacks in the Sarajevo settlement of Dobrinje which killed civilians in February 1994. Subotic told the trial chamber that Sarajevo investigators incorrectly determined the area from which the missiles were launched.
 
Subotic said the missiles were launched near Bosnian Army positions. Subotic said Bosnian Serb Army positions were six kilometers away.
 
Subotic also disputed findings from a Sarajevo police report which stated that three mortars exploded during the attack. Subotic said four missiles exploded in the area on the day of the attack.
 
“Two mortars were analyzed and only one is mentioned, and the fourth was totally removed from the report,” Subotic said. Subotic said a person who was reported as the ninth victim of the attack was later discovered to be alive.
 
Even though the incident is not part of the indictment against Mladic, Subotic disputed Sarajevo police findings on the killing of Sarajevo citizens who were waiting in line for water in Dobrinja in June 1994.

Subotic said the police report from Sarajevo contained a “significant amount of inconsistencies and illogical conclusions.”
 
Subotic said the missile came from 300 to 450 meters away, where Bosnian Army positions were located.
 
Subotic said UNPROFOR investigators established that three shells which killed civilians in Kosevo in November 1994 came from Bosnian Army positions..
 
“We came to the same conclusion after the analysis,” Subotic said. She said the Sarajevo police contested this finding.
 
Subotic will continue her testimony on Tuesday.