Bosnian Ex-Soldiers Charged over Serb Boy’s Murder

Female ex-soldier Elfeta Veseli and former Bosnian Army unit commander Sakib Halilovic were charged with involvement in the killing of a 12-year old Serb boy in the Zvornik municipality in 1992.

The Bosnian state court on Thursday confirmed the indictments of Elfeta Veseli and Sakib Halilovic, charging them with committing war crimes against the civilian population in the north-eastern Zvornik municipality in the summer of 1992.

Autor:

Emina Dizdarević Tahmiščija

8. june 2017. | 12:18

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According to the charges, on an undetermined date in the second half of July or first half of August 1992 in the village of Bajrici-Novo Selo in the Kamenica area of the Zvornik municipality, Veseli killed the 12-year old Serb boy, while Halilovic failed to undertake necessary and reasonable actions to punish the perpetrator of the crime.

Halilovic was charged in his capacity as commander of the Reconnaissance Squad of the Bosnian Army’s Liplje-Kamenica joint unit, and Veseli as a member of the squad.

Female ex-soldier Veseli was extradited from Switzerland to Bosnia and Herzegovina in March this year.

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