Cases handled by the Special Prosecutor’s Office for the fight against organized and economic crime in Republika Srpska have been postponed for months due to delays in appointing prosecutors.
Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska will spend 20,460 euros of public funds to cover the personal expenses incurred by war crimes defendants Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic and others.
Witnesses for the prosecution and the defense had differing testimony on whether defendant Ratko Marinovic wounded Milomir Antunovic in the Ostra Luka area in 1992.
A witness testifying at the Ratko Marinovic trial said he knew the injured party in the case. He described the injured party as a “rather negative person who spread propaganda.” Marinovic has been charged with war crimes committed in Ovanjska, near Ostra Luka.
A prosecution witness testifying at the trial of two former members of the Bosnian Serb Army charged with war crimes in the Prijedor area said he remembered seeing soldiers escorting civilian Sefer Besirovic towards the Crna Dolina mine.
The district court of Banja Luka has confirmed an indictment against Ratko Marinovic, charging him with war crimes against the civilian population in Ovanjska village, near Ostra Luka.
The trial proceedings against Sabahudin Kajdic and Stevo Rokvic will be renewed at the district court of Banja Luka next year, due to the replacement of a trial chamber member.
A prosecution witness testifying at the trial of Sabahudin Kajdic and Sreto Rokvic said he saw the defendants take Sefer Besirovic towards Crna Dolina, near the village of Gornja Puharska in Prijedor.
Former Bosniak fighter Muhamed Kusuran was sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing two civilians and attempting to kill two more in Kozarac near Prijedor in the summer of 1992.