Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Charged with Murdering Civilian
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Tadija Mitrovic was charged with crimes against humanity for killing a Bosniak civilian during an attack on a village in the Bratunac area in May 1992.
The Bosnian state prosecution said on Monday that it has issued an indictment charging ex-soldier Tadija Mitrovic with participating in the persecution of the Bosniak civilian population during a widespread and systematic attack by the Bosnian Serb Army and police in the Bratunac area during wartime.
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“He has been charged with having gone, armed and uniformed, and accompanied by other Bosnian Serb Army members, to the village of Glogova in May 1992 and searched for Bosniak civilians with the aim of killing those civilians, and personally participated in the murder of a Bosniak civilian who they found in the vicinity of his house,” the prosecution said in a statement.
The indictment, which charges Mitrovic with crimes against humanity, has been forwarded to the state court for confirmation.
