This post is also available in: Bosnian
Twenty two years after the mining of the bridge on River Sava between Brcko and Gunja, the Republic of Croatia, when a large number of civilians were killed or wounded, nobody has still been processed before the Brcko District judicial authorities.
Several hundreds of Brcko residents, who gathered here, laid wreaths and flowers on the Brcko-Gunja bridge in order to pay respect to their killed fellow citizens.
Ramiz Ahmetovic, President of the Association of families of the missing Bosniaks from Brcko District and those who were forcedly taken away or killed, said that it was still not known how many civilians got killed on the bridge in April 1992, but it was assumed that there were about one hundred victims.
“Only one of them has been found and buried. We are still searching for the others. We know that, when a crime scene inspection was conducted, the remains were put in coffins and transported to the hospital morgue, but they have been missing since. Also, we do not know when an indictment for the destruction of the bridge will be filed. The fact that the Prosecution has still not filed an indictment against the persons responsible for this crime is shameful,” Ahmetovic said.
Marin Brkic, President of the Association of families of the missing Croats from Brcko District and those, who were forcedly taken away and killed, said that the mining of the bridge in Brcko was “a horrible crime, which led to the death of innocent people, who found themselves on the bridge”.
“The Brcko District Prosecution has not punished anyone for this, and many other crimes. However, I consider that it would be good if it begins to punish all the criminals, so the people living in this area could get peace and begin living next to each others,” Brkic said.
Anto Domic, Mayor of Brcko District, and his Deputy Esad Kadric were among those, who laid wreaths and flowers at the location, where the civilians got killed.
Domic said that he hoped that those responsible for this crime would be brought before judicial bodies.
“According to our laws, crimes of this type can never become obsolete. I am convinced that we shall spend many more years on finding the truth about this event, so we could bring all those responsible to justice,” Domic said.
Kadric called on judicial institutions to process those who issued the orders and directly perpetrated the crime.
“I believe that the day will come, when the victims and their families will get satisfaction in this world,” Kadric said.
