The Bosnian court will hand down a verdict against former Bosnian Croat fighter Josip Tolic next week on Friday, March 20. Tolic is charged with abusing prisoners in detention camps located in Odzak and Bosanski Brod.
During evidentiary proceedings, the state prosecution presented documents regarding the status and treatments of captives at Silos, a former wartime detention facility in Hadzici.
Testifying at the Gligor Begovic trial, state prosecution witness Mirsad Buljugic said he was repeatedly beaten by Begovic during his detainment at the Batkovic detention camp.
Testifying against former Croat fighters accused of rape and sexual abuse, state prosecution witness Suzana Jesic said she was raped by former Croatian Defence Council soldier Mato Brnjic in July 1992. She was fourteen at the time.
Five former Bosnian Serb troops suspected of taking part in the abduction and killing of 20 people who were seized from a train in Strpci have been released from custody and put under house arrest.
The Bosnian state prosecution has requested that custody measures be extended for five persons suspected of kidnapping and killing passengers travelling by train in Strpci during the Bosnian war. The defense teams have requested that the court order prohibitive measures instead.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to separate the Nedzad Hodzic and Dzevad Salcin cases, until Hodzics ability to follow the trial is established.
Protected witnesses at the Gligor Begovic trial said that the defendant beat them several times during their detainment at the Batkovic detention camp.
On March 6, Bosnias state court will hand down a verdict in the case of Josip Tolic, a former Croatian Defence Council (HVO) soldier accused of committing war crimes in Bosanski Brod and Odzak. The trial took over a year to complete.