The State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested Milenko Krsmanovic due to suspicions that he planned to murder Sarajevo attorney Muhidin Kapo, a witness at his upcoming trial.
The State Investigation and Protection Agency arrested Milorad Radakovic and Goran Pejic on suspicion of participating in war crimes in the Prijedor area in 1992.
Presenting his closing statement, Aleksandar Cvetkovics defense attorney said Cvetkovic didnt participate in the execution of civilians from Srebrenica on the Branjevo Farm in the municipality of Zvornik in July 1995. As such, the defense believes that their client should be acquitted of charges of participating in genocide.
During his cross-examination, Marijan Brnjic told the Bosnian state prosecution that he wasnt a member of the Croatian Defense Council in April and May 1992 - Brnjic claimed that the Croatian Defense Council didnt exist during that period.
Two former members of the Croatian Defence Council, Veselko and Ivo Raguz, were sentenced to three years in jail each for abusing four prisoners at the Dretelj detention camp near Capljina in 1993.
Over the past ten years, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has accepted 27 plea agreements in cases of war crimes, which have resulted in a total of 229 years in prison for the convicted parties.
The Bosnian state prosecution said that two previously unknown mass graves containing the bodies of victims of the 1992-95 war have been discovered in the towns of Bratunac and Bihac.
Former Bosnian Serb parliament speaker and Hague convict Momcilo Krajisnik told BIRN that he has struggled to live with being labelled a war criminal, and wants to clear his name.
Testifying at the trial of Radoman Fundup on charges of crimes in Foca, a state prosecution witness said he saw protected witness C-1, who was injured, inside a house in 1992.
The State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) has arrested Djordje Ristanic on the suspicion that he participated in war crimes in the Brcko area in 1992.