Bosniak Military Policeman Indicted for Prisoner Abuse

The prosecution on Monday charged Zilic, a former member of the 4th Battalion of the Bosnian Army’s military police, with having personally committed, ordered, enabled and failed to prevent the inhumane treatment of Croat and Serb detainees who were held in the Musala sports hall in Konjic.

According to the charges, from May to October 1993, Zilic enabled guards to treat the detainees in an inhumane manner and allowed unauthorised entrance to the detention centre to people who then beat the detainees and committed other inhumane acts.

The state prosecution alleges that Zilic beat detainees several times using various objects and abused them while they performed forced labour if he found out that they had a slice of bread or some other food with them.

It also alleges that detainees who were held at the sports hall were sexually abused and forced to have sex with each other. They were subjected to torture, being burned on their genitals with red-hot objects, the prosecution further claims.

The indictment has been sent to the state court for confirmation.