Dzeko Was not Seen in the Museum

Testifying in defence of Edin Dzeko, former military policemen say that they did not see the indictee in “The Battle of Neretva” Museum in Jablanica, where Croat civilians and captured soldiers were held, during their shifts.

The three former military policemen with the 44th Brigade of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ABiH, who kept guard in the museum during 1993, said that they wrote down their observations during their 24-hour shifts in a notebook.
 
“I never saw him. Had he come in, he must have been registered,” witness Nazif Keskin said.
 
Keskin said that detainees were taken out in order to perform work, and that all details about it were registered.
 
The witness disagreed with Prosecutor Vesna Ilic that a member of the “Zulfikar” Squad of ABiH entered the museum premises and took detainees to Donja Jablanica, where their headquarters was located.
 
Witness Vahidin Pozder explained the visitors, including members of ABiH, had to have permit from the Museum Manager of Military Police Commander in order to enter the Museum or take detainees out.
 
Dzeko, a former member of “Zulfikar” Squad, is charged with crimes against imprisoned members of HVO and Croat civilians in Jablanica during 1993. Besides that, he is charged with the murder of Croats committed in Trusina village on April 16, 1993.
 
Witness Elvir Murat said that guards kept the keys to the room in which detainees were held. “Nobody, irrespective of who it was, could enter the room until my superior officer approved it,” he explained.
 
The trial is due to continue on Tuesday, September 3, when a protected witness will testify.