A state prosecution witness, who testified at the trial for crimes in the Rogatica area, said he lost three family members when a convoy was attacked in Kukavice.
Members of the State Investigation and Protection Agency arrested four individuals on suspicion of war crimes committed against the civilian population in the municipality of Capljina.
After the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) determined that the Bosnian state court incorrectly applied the criminal code of Bosnia and Herzegovina in two war crimes cases, more than 20 war crimes and genocide verdicts have been repealed.
A state prosecution witness testifying at the trial of eight former members of the Bosnian Serb Army said Mile Kusic shot 20 civilians who were held in a barn in the village of Karacici in the municipality of Rogatica in 1992.
The Zeljko Stanarevic trial began with a reading of the indictment and the presentation of introductory statements by the Bosnian state prosecution. Stanarevic has been charged with crimes against humanity in the Bihac area.
The appellate chamber of the Bosnian state court will hand down its verdict against Veselko and Ivo Raguz on Wednesday, June 10. At todays hearing the defense teams concluded their closing statements and requested that the court acquit the two defendants of war crimes in Capljina and Stolac.
Presenting its closing statement at the Aleksander Cvetkovic trial, Cvetkovics defense attorney said the state prosecution failed to prove elements of genocide in the case against his client.