Fourteen defendants charged with participating in the murder of Bosniak civilians in Prijedor, pleaded not guilty today before the Bosnian state court.
Testifying at the trial of Iulian-Nicolae Vintila and Ramiz Avdovic, former Bosnian Army General Sefer Halilovic said he hadnt heard that crimes were committed at the Viktor Bubanj army barracks.
The Bosnian state prosecution has requested that prohibitive measures against former Croatian Defence Council fighter Ilija Juric be extended. These measures include a ban on leaving his place of residence and on travelling, as well as an obligation to report to the police on a weekly basis.
The court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has ordered custody measures for Muamir Jasarevic and prohibitive measures for Sead Velagic. Jasarevic and Velagic, both former military police with the Croatian Defence Council, are accused of committing crimes against Serb civilians in Livno during the Bosnian war.
Testifying as a court expert, neuropsychiatrist Abdulah Kucukalic described former Bosniak fighter Ibro Macic as an emotionally immature person with mild mental retardation. Kucukalic has been ordered by Bosnias state court to examine Macic, as per a request by his defense.
A state prosecution witness testifying at the trial of Vitomir Rackovic said that the defendant drove a military transporter and had set up a machinegun nest at his home.
Ana Gavrilovic, a state prosecution witness at the trial of four former Bosniak fighters, said she saw a blonde-haired soldier wearing bandoleers open fire at the civilian convoy she was travelling in.
Former Croatian Defence Council military policemen Muamir Jasarevic and Sead Velagic are suspected of involvement in the wartime torture, persecution and murders of Serbs in the Livno area.
In the Dobrinja neighbourhood in Sarajevo, Sadeta Dervisevic risked her own life to help her fellow citizens - many of whom were children - survive the shells and snipers that rained down on the city during the Bosnian war.