The state prosecution has filed an indictment against Zdravko Marinic, charging him with war crimes in Bosanski Brod. Marinic resides in Slavonski Brod, Croatia and cannot be reached by the Bosnian judiciary.
Testifying at the trial of four former members of Croat police forces, a protected state prosecution witness said the defendants arrested him in Veledarova Mahala and took him to the Gabela detention camp in July 1993.
The trial chamber rejected a proposal by the defense to separate the case of Mirko Bunoza from that of Edhem Godinjak and Medaris Saric, former members of Croat forces charged with war crimes in the Trnovo area.
In 2015, the Bosnian state court sentenced 45 defendants to a total of 467.5 years in prison for wartime murder, rape, torture and other crimes, including the Srebrenica genocide.
Presenting its closing statement, the state prosecution called for a guilty verdict in the trial of Nihad Bojadzic, a former Bosnian Army commander accused of rape and the mistreatment of civilians and prisoners of war in Jablanica.
The state prosecution completed its presentation of evidence at the trial of Jovan Popovic, charged with war crimes in Visegrad. At today’s hearing, the state prosecution presented material evidence and read statements given by two deceased witnesses.
Testifying at the trial of Ostoja Stanisic and Marko Milosevic, a former Bosnian Serb soldier said he saw Milosevic on the frontlines following the fall of Srebrenica, but not Stanisic.
A state prosecution witness testifying at the trial of nine former Bosnian Serb police and military officials said he fled Serb-controlled Teocak and reached Bosnian Army controlled territory in the municipality of Zvornik by travelling through the woods. He said many civilians who fled with him were captured and killed by Bosnian Serb forces.
Dario Slavuljica, a former member of the “Mice” paramilitary formation standing trial at the Bosnian state court, told the trial chamber he is negotiating a plea bargain with the state prosecution.