Case: Andabak Zdenko Archives

Former Croatian Defence Council military policeman Zdenko Andabak was acquitted on appeal of committing war crimes during an attack on the village of Grborezi in the Livno municipality in 1993. The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court on Monday upheld the first-instance verdict clearing Zdenko Andabak of war crimes against the civilian population in the village of Grborezi, near Livno, in July 1993.

Former Croatian Defence Council military policeman Zdenko Andabak was cleared of committing war crimes during an attack on the village of Grborezi in the Livno municipality in 1993. The state court in Sarajevo on Friday found Zdenko Andabak not guilty of committing war crimes during the Croatian Defence Council attack on Grborezi July 21, 1993.

Twelve witnesses’ testimony was discounted in the trial of a former Croatian Defence Council fighter for wartime crimes in Livno because the defendant’s lawyer was suspended.

At the trial of four ex-policemen accused of involvement in a deadly raid in the Capljina municipality in July 1993, a prosecution witness testified about the capture of Bosniaks during the operation.

Testifying in defense of Zdenko Andabak, a witness said he heard the defendant informing the commanding officer on dead and wounded men and asking him to send an ambulance and police on the day when a disarmament operation was conducted in Grborezi village in Livno municipality.

Continuing his testimony in his own defense, defendant Zdenko Andabak said he didn’t beat a protected witness known as S-1 in the village of Grborezi in the municipality of Livno during the summer of 1993.

Continuing his testimony in his own defense, defendant Zdenka Andabak said he saw a shoot out begin in the yard of a house in Grborezi in the municipality of Livno. He also said he saw two bodies.

Testifying in his own defense, Zdenko Andabak said he didn’t have a command role during a disarmament operation in conducted in Grborezi, a village in the municipality of Livno.

A defense expert testifying at the Zdenko Andabak trial said the defendant didn’t guide him on how to prepare his findings and opinion. Andabak has been charged with war crimes in Livno.

Testifying at the Zdenko Andabak trial, military expert Franjo Cvitkovic said the defendant only had a coordinating role within the Croatian Defense Council.

Case: Andabak Zdenko

Bosnian Croat Ex-Policeman Cleared of Leading Village Attack

Bosnian Croat Fighter Acquitted of Livno Killings

12 Witnesses’ Testimony Discounted in Livno Trial

Croatian Military Policeman Recalls Capljina Village Shooting

A Friendly Disarmament Operation

Andabak Testifies in Own Defense, Carried No Arms During Disarmament Operation

Andabak Testifies in Own Defense, Describes Shoot Out in Grborezi

Andabak Testifies In Own Defense, Claims No Command Function

Brigade Didn’t Want to Go Into the Field, Says Expert Witness at Andabak Trial

Andabak Only Performed a Coordinating Role in the Croatian Defense Council, Defense Expert Says

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