Milojica and Rivic: Verdict for Prijedor Crimes Quashed

The verdict convicting former soldier Boro Milojica and acquitting Zelisav Rivic of crimes against humanity for killing civilians in the Prijedor area in 1992 was quashed on appeal and a new trial ordered.

Autor:

Nermina Kuloglija-Zolj

12. december 2019. | 17:27

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The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court on Thursday quashed the first-instance verdict that sentenced Bosnian Serb ex-soldier Boro Milojica to eight years in prison for crimes against humanity in the Prijedor area and acquitted his fellow ex-serviceman Zelisav Rivic, and ordered a new trial.

The original verdict in June 2019 found Milojica guilty, as a member of the Sixth Ljubija Battalion of the Bosnian Serb Army, of two counts of murdering Bosniak civilians in the village of Hambarine in July 1992.

The verdict also acquitted Milojica and Rivic, a former member of the same battalion, of the murders of Roma, Bosniak and Croat civilians in the Prijedor area in July 1992.