More Than 1300 Kravica Victims Identified

Saric has been charged with commanding police forces which participated in the search, disarmament and forcible resettlement of women, children and the elderly, as well as with the detention of men and boys who were later executed in the Srebrenica area. Approximately 1000 men were killed in the Kravica warehouse, the indictment states.

Forensics expert Vedo Tuco told a Sarajevo court on Monday that objects found in mass graves were compared to objects from Kravica. The comparison revealed the objects have the same origin. The objects included blue bottles, concrete parts, doors and other items.

Tuco said remains from Kravica were found in several graves and were all identified based on DNA from relatives.

Tuco said the cause of death for some victims hasn’t been determined, since the remains were incomplete. In some cases, bullets passed through soft tissue, since the bones were complete.

State prosecutor Ibro Bulic also read a statement by Luka Markovic, who died recently. In his statement, Markovic said he saw men from Srebrenica killed in Kravica.

“I counted 17 buses who brought prisoners,” Markovic said. He said 50-70 people were on one bus.

Markovic said he heard a one burst of gunfire and then gunfire from many rifles.

“Than about 30 soldiers came and shot at the prisoners,” Markovic said.

According to Markovic, the prisoners cried Allah-u-Ekbar and tried to run, but the soldiers gunned them down.

“I saw a big pile of bodies,” Markovic said. He said the bodies were taken away on July 14 and 15.

The trial continues on July 13.