The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has ordered a one month extension of custody measures for Muamir Jasarevic, suspected of having committed war crimes in the Livno area.
The Bosnian state court sentenced a former member of the Croatian Defence Council, Josip Tolic, to ten years in prison for crimes against civilians in towns of Bosanski Brod and Odzak.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed an indictment against Zemir Kovacevic, who is charged with assaulting a public servant. Kovacevic was previously sentenced under a first instance verdict for war crimes in the Bosanski Brod area.
In todays hearing of the Goran Popovic trial, prosecutor Seid Marusic gave his closing statements. He said the existence of a widespread and systematic attack against the non-Serb population in Visegrad has been proven, and that Popovic deliberately undertook actions that were a part of that attack.
Testifying at the trial of Predrag Djurovic, prosecution witness Asef Besic told the cantonal court of Sarajevo that he recognized Djurovic as the man who raped his wife and sister-in-law.
Abduladhim Maktouf, an Iraqi who fought in a Bosnian Army mujahideen unit during the conflict, had his sentence for illegally detaining Croat civilians reduced from five years to three.
During cross-examination, state prosecution witness Mevludin Medosevic said his two nephews were locked and burned alive in a house by Bosnian Serb Army soldiers Mladen and Marijan Jovanovic.
The Bosnian state prosecution has requested an extension of custody measures for Muamir Jasarevic, on the grounds that Jasarevic might attempt to flee or influence witnesses and accomplices. The defense, on the other hand, proposed that Jasarevic be released under restrictive measures.