Bosnian Serb Policeman Charged over Deadly Convoy Attack
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The Bosnian state prosecution on Wednesday filed an indictment against Lazic, the former chief of the public safety station in the north-eastern town of Ugljevik, accusing him of participating in the persecution of 120 Bosniak civilians in the village of Lokanj in July 1992.
At least 67 of the civilians were killed during this persecution, the prosecution said.
The victims were civilians from the Teocak municipality who were travelling in a convoy to territory controlled by the Bosnian Army in the Zvornik area, seeking safety from the conflict.
The convoy was attacked by Serb forces and the captured civilians were taken to Lokanj and shot.
“The victims were then thrown into a pit. Their exhumed bodies were exchanged in Teocak on June 4, 1993 and February 17, 1994,” the indictment alleges.
However, prosecution spokesperson Boris Grubesic told BIRN that Lazic is now in Serbia and cannot be brought before the court.
Nine other former Bosnian Serb police officers and soldiers are currently on trial at the Bosnian court for the same crime.
According to the charges, defendant Goran Maksimovic was the commander of the Interventions Unit of the public safety station in Ugljevik, Ljiljan Mitrovic was his deputy, while Slavko Peric was the commander of the Lokanjska Company of the Zvornicka Brigade of the Bosnian Serb Army.
The other defendants, Mile Vujevic, Vukasin Draskovic, Gojko Stevanovic, Cvjetko Popadic, Rajo Lazarevic and Mico Manojlovic, were members of Lokanjska Company.
