Bosnia Indicts Two for Crimes Against Brcko Serbs

Former Croatian Defence Council fighters Mensur Djakic and Begzad Kajtazi were charged with committing crimes against Serb civilians in the village of Bukvik in the Brcko municipality in 1992.

The state prosecution filed an indictment on Monday accusing Kajtazi of killing two women and Djakic of failing to prevent the killings of three prisoners during an attack on the village of Bukvik in September 1992.

Autor:

Lamija Grebo

9. january 2017. | 13:41

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“Defendant Kajtazi is charged with killing two women of Serb nationality by shooting them with a firearm, while defendant Djakic is charged, as a battalion commander, with preventing a member of the Croatian Defence Council from killing three prisoners of Serb nationality, and of failing to prosecute and punish the perpetrators,” the prosecution said in a statement.

Djakic is charged as a battalion commander, while Kajtazi is charged as a soldier with the 108th Brigade of the Croatian Defence Council.

The indictment was forwarded to the state court for confirmation.

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