Wednesday, 2 april 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.

This post is also available in: Bosnian


Momcilo Tesic (in the middle) outside court.. Photo: BIRN

The Bosnian state court on Wednesday convicted Momcilo Tesic, a wartime military policeman with the Bosnian Serb Army’s Vlasenica Brigade, of involvement in killing 17 men from Srebrenica area in the village of Mrsici in the Vlasenica municipality on July 13-14, 1995.

He was found guilty of committing a crime against humanity.

The indictment said that Tesic and other members of the Vlasenica Brigade manned a Bosnian Serb checkpoint in the village of Luke and stopped vehicles transporting Bosniaks there, stealing money and jewellery from them.

Some women were taken away and raped, while some men were tied up and detained them in the local primary school building, where they were abusedthe prosecution alleged.

Tesic, together with others, took some of the captured men to the village of Mrsici, where they were shot and their bodies robbed.

One man managed to flee by jumping off a truck, but Tesic ran after him. His remains were later found and identified.

This was a first-instance verdict and can be appealed.

Najčitanije
Saznajte više
Local Wartime Security Chief Acquitted of Rape Charges in Bosnia
Bosnia's state court ruled that Andrija Bjelosevic was not guilty of the multiple rape of a Bosniak woman in Derventa during the 1990s war, questioning the reliability of her testimony.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Convicted of Forced Disappearances
The Bosnian state court convicted wartime Bosnian Serb Army soldier Zoran Ilic of the forced disappearances of 16 Bosniak civilians who were seized by troops near Rogatica in June 1992.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldiers Plead Not Guilty to Aiding Genocide
Seven Bosnian Army Ex-Troops Convicted of Wartime Prisoner Abuse
Bosnia Convicts Serb Ex-Fighter of Raping Woman Prisoner