The Bosnian state court has issued an arrest warrant for Nedjeljko Matic, who’s been charged with war crimes in the Ljubuski area. He is currently at large.
Defense witnesses testifying at the Nikola Maric trial said they hadn’t heard that the defendant participated in acts of abuse, persecution and murder in the Prozor area.
A state prosecution witness testifying at the trial of three former members of the Croatian Defense Council said Sead Velagic beat him during his detention in the Ivan Goran Kovacic school building in Livno.
Bosnia's state court has still not requested that Bosnian Serb general Novak Djukic - convicted of ordering the shelling of Tuzla in 1995 - be asked to serve his sentence in Serbia, where he now lives.
The trial of seven defendants charged with war crimes committed in the VIZ prison in Ljubuski, is scheduled to begin on October 27. A status conference on the case was held today before the Bosnian state court.
The Bosnian state court rejected proposals by the state prosecution and Martin Barukcic’s defense to allow the examination of additional witnesses. Today’s hearing closed the presentation of evidence at the trial of Marijan Brnjic, Martin Barukcic, Pavo and Ilija Glavas, charged with war crimes in the Odzak area.
A state prosecution witness testifying at the Zeljko Stanarevic trial described how the Bosniak population fled Kulen Vakuf under artillery fire from the Bosnian Serb Army. Stanarevic has been charged with war crimes in the Bihac area.
Dusan Mrsic, a former member of the Rasavacka Company’s reserve police forces, was cross-examined at a trial dealing with war crimes committed in the village of Zecovi, near Prijedor.