Some other Ibro Macic

Testifying at the trial for crimes in the Konjic area, the first Defence witness says that indictee Ibro Macic is not the person who punished him by ordering additional hours of keeping guard in “Musala”.

Fadil Cukle said that he had not heard about Ibro Macic in “Musala”. After that the Prosecution of BiH presented him with his previous statement, in which the witness said that he was punished by Ibro Macic.

“Yes, but this is not Ibro Macic,” the witness said.  

As he said, Ibro Macic from “Musala” was a thin man with black curly hair. He said that the indictee did not look familiar.  

Cukle assumed that the Macic was not a guard for a long time and that he happened to keep guard with him for one night only. 

Ibro Macic is charged with having participated in the torture and sexual abuse of detainees in “Musala” school building in Konjic from April to October 1993.

Osman Brkan, who was originally charged, along with Macic, with crimes in Blace village, appeared as a witness at this hearing. Brkan was acquitted of those charges under a second instance verdict.

Brkan said that their unit consisted of between 16 and 18 men and that half of them had automatic arms. 

“Ibro Macic had an old rifle,” Brkan said, adding that he did not see bayonet on his gun. 

The trial is due to continue on May 23.