Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Charged with Murders, Persecution

The state prosecution charged former police commander Bogdan Stevanovic with committing crimes against humanity against Bosniaks in the Skelani and Srebrenica areas in 1992.

The prosecution issued an indictment of Friday accusing Bogdan Stevanovic, the former commander of the Public Security Station in Skelani and a member of the Crisis Committee of the Serb municipality of Skelani, of assisting the commission of murders and ordering murders from May 1992 to the end of August that year.

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Lamija Grebo

12. May 2017. | 11:31

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It also charged him with the persecution of the Bosniak population in the Skelani and Srebrenica areas.

According to the charges, the persecution was carried out through organised attacks on villages and settlements, aided by artillery attacks, the murder of several people and the detention of Bosniaks in the Public Security Station and Cooperative Centre in Skelani.

Bosniak women and children were expelled, and at least 35 people were killed.

Stevanovic now lives in Serbia.

The indictment has been forwarded to the state court for confirmation.

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