Former Bosnian Serb policeman Vinko Lazic, who now lives in Serbia, was charged with the persecution and murder of Bosniak civilians who were fleeing in a convoy in the Zvornik area in 1992.
On the second day of his closing statement, Ramiz Avdovic’s defense attorney called for a verdict of release for his client, who’s been charged with committing war crimes in Sarajevo in 1992.
Former Bosnian Serb policeman Milan Bogdanovic was arrested on suspicion that he was involved in crimes against humanity in the Srebrenica area in the summer of 1995.
The Bosnian prosecution on Tuesday raised an indictment against Mustafa Divjan, Ferid Delic and Alija Gazibara for crimes against Serbs in Hadzici near Sarajevo in 1993.
A state prosecution witness testified at the trial of nine former Bosnian Serb police and military officials charged with war crimes in Zvornik. The witness said the Interventions Group from the Ugljevik public safety station escorted civilian captives from a nearby forest to the village of Lokanj in the municipality of Zvornik in July 1992.
Defense witnesses testifying at the trial of eight defendants charged with war crimes in the Kladanj area said defendant Ramiz Halilovic helped persecuted Serb civilians.
Five men have been arrested on suspicion of having committed war crimes against Bosniaks, including torture, abuse, detention and theft, in the Bosanski Novi area in 1992.
The trial chamber agreed to include statements given by former members of the Bosnian Serb “Mice” paramilitary formation, who’ve been charged with war crimes in the Teslic area. According to the state prosecution, the statements reveal the wartime events that took place in the area in the summer of 1992.