Two Srebrenica Genocide Suspects Arrested
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A spokesperson for the Bosnian prosecution has told BIRN that four locations are being searched in connection with the arrests – two in the town of Zvornik and two in the nearby village of Petkovci.
Stanisic, the former commander of the 6th Battalion of the Zvornik Brigade of the Army of Republika Srpska, VRS, and Milosevic, his deputy, are suspected of genocide committed at the Petkovci dam in the village of Djulici, in the municipality of Zvornik.
Until now, more than a dozen trials for genocide have come before the State Court in Sarajevo. However, previous trials have mostly focused on the killings in the Kravica and Branjevo villages near Zvornik. This is the first arrest for the killings that took place in Petkovci.
According to the prosecution around a thousand captured boys and men from Srebrenica were executed in Petkovci in July 1995.
The arrested men have both previously testified at the Hague Tribunal, ICTY, at trials for crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
