“Those Should Be Shot”

Bejda Muminovic told the Court that she was at her aunt’s on May 9, 199 and that she saw that houses in Glogova village were on fire. When she noticed that soldiers were approaching the house, she told her husband to run away, while she went down to the basement, along with other people.

“I saw that soldiers were coming towards the house. My father-in-law said that we would be burnt, so we should go out and surrender, because the soldiers were setting houses on fire,” witness Muminovic said, adding that she then noticed that her house was on fire too.

According to the witness’ testimony, the soldiers took them towards a field and handed them over to other soldiers.

“In the meantime Najdan had come from the central part of Glogova. He approached us and told the two soldiers, who guarded us: ‘Those should be shot’. The soldiers told him that they were obliged to guard us,” the witness said.

She said that Najdan had a cap that covered his face, but she recognised him by his voice, because she had known him from before the war. She said that they attended the same school in Glogova.

Muminovic testified at the trial of Najdan Mladjenovic and Savo Zivkovic, who are charged with having unlawfully arrested and abused Bosniak civilians during an attack on Hranca and Glogova villages, Bratunac municipality, on May 3 and 9, 1992.

At that time Mladjenovic was Commander of the Territorial Defence in Bratunac, while Zivkovic was member of that unit.

The witness said that she left the village, when a bus came from Bratunac. She said that the local residents were told that they had to leave.

Although Muminovic was assigned a pseudonym prior to this hearing, she gave up the protective measures and testified under her full first and last name.

The trial is due to continue on April 16, when a protected State Prosecution witness will be examined.