Bosniak Soldier Acquitted of Killing Hadzici Serbs

The cantonal court in Sarajevo acquitted Sadikovic of war crimes on Monday, ruling that there was not enough evidence to convict him.

“We could not give credence to the one and only witness who said that Azemin Sadikovic killed those civilians, as the indictment alleges,” said presiding judge Jasenko Ruzic.

Ruzdic said that a statement from a protected witness was the only evidence that the prosecution defence presented, and a verdict cannot be founded on just one protected witness’s statement.

The judge said that the court had found that the defendant was not one of the fighters who killed the Serb civilians.

“The attack on the village of Kasatici was carried out by the territorial defence force, and the trial chamber established that Sadikovic was a member of the armed forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Ruzic said.

The verdict can be appealed at the supreme court in Bosnia’s Federation entity.