At the start of the Bosnian war, Albanians’ shops were attacked in the city of Doboj and Fadila Huduti’s husband was seized by Serb forces. When she read that a suspect was finally going on trial, she knew she had to tell her story.
In the first of BIRN Bosnia’s Forgotten Victims series, Bosniaks who survived the execution of prisoners on a bridge near Doboj in 1992 express outrage that no one has yet been convicted of the shootings.
Former policeman Vojislav Brestovac was found guilty of participating in the murder of two Bosniak brothers and their sister in the Doboj area in 1992 and sentenced to eight years in prison.
Vojin Lukic, a witness at the Branislav Ninkovic trial, said armed members of various formations used to enter the district prison of Doboj and mistreat detainees. Ninkovic has been charged with crimes committed in the district prison of Doboj.
Testifying at the trial of Branislav Ninkovic, charged with crimes in Dobor, witness Fadil Ahmic said he heard the defendant beating detainee Jozo Matanovic in the district prison of Doboj in 1992.
The villagers in Osve near Maglaj, who are under constant scrutiny for alleged terrorist ties, claim they are not radicals and only want to live ‘an Islamic life’.
The retrial of Branislav Ninkovic has began before the district court of Doboj. Three former prisoners of the Doboj prison, where Ninkovic worked as a guard, described the mistreatment they experienced at the hands of the defendant and others during their detention.
The district prosecution of Doboj called upon the court to find Marko Brocilo guilty of war crimes in the Odzak area, while the defense called for a verdict of release.