Indictment Filed for Crimes against Humanity in Prijedor
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The Prosecution has charged Jugomir Marcetic with participating in an attack on the village of Zecovi, where at least 150 people were killed and the entire village population was expelled and detained in Omarska, Keraterm and Trnopolje detention camp in the Prijedor area.
“Marcetic has been charged with personally participating in forced separation of men from women and children, as well as persecution of civilians and murder of around 20 Bosniak civilians from that village,” the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced.
The announcement further indicates that Marcetic participated in torture and inhumane treatment, as well as rape and sexual abuse of Bosniak women and girls.
According to the prosecution’s charges, the attack on Zecovi was conducted during a widespread and systematic attack by VRS, police and paramilitary formations against the Bosniak and Croat civilian population in the Prijedor area, within which Marcetic acted contrary to provisions of the international humanitarian law.
The State Prosecution will prove the allegations from the indictment through the examination of around 20 witnesses and experts, one third of whom will testify under protection measures, and introduction of around 80 pieces of material evidence.
