Testifying at the trial of eight defendants charged with wartime crimes in the Hadzici area, a defense witness said only Serbs who possessed weapons and represented a security threat were detained in the Pazaric and Tarcin area.
A state prosecution witness testifying at the trial of three defendants charged with crimes in Bosanska Krupa said he interviewed an injured party in the case after he was apprehended and sent to the Bosanska Krupa public safety station. The injured party was killed later on.
Testifying at the trial of three former members of the Bosnian Serb Army charged with war crimes in the vicinity of Prijedor, a defense witness described the beginning of interethnic tension and conflict in the area.
A state prosecution witness testified at the trial of ten former Bosnian Serb fighters charged with kidnapping civilians from a train in Strpci and murdering them in February 1993.
A cantonal prosecution witness testifying at the Veljko Papic trial he dug trenches for the Bosnian Serb Army when he was a member of a work squad during the war.
Testifying at the trial of seven Bosniak defendants charged with crimes in the Hadzici area, a defense witness said she noted down statements given by Serbs accused of illegal arms possession in Tarcin and Pazaric.
Testifying at the trial of two former Bosnian Serb soldiers charged with crimes in Kalinovik, a defense witness said a man took a detained civilian to the first floor of a school building used as a detention facility. The witness then said she heard two gunshots.
The Bosnian state court has referred two cases to the cantonal court of Sarajevo for further processing. One case deals with wartime crimes committed in Sarajevo, the other with crimes committed in the Hadzici and Ilidza area.
A defense witness testifying at the trial of three former Bosnian Serb policemen said defendant Miroslav Duka and his reserve police company were on a battlefield from June to December 1992, the time period of his alleged crimes.
Three state prosecution witnesses described how family members of theirs traveling on a train from Belgrade were abducted in Strpci near Visegrad on February 27, 1993. They said that was the last time they were seen alive.