The retrial of Mirko Kovacevic, who is charged with war crimes against the civilian population in Bosanski Brod, begins before the District Court in Doboj.
The Bosnian state court confirmed the indictment of former fighter Josip Tolic for allegedly participating in the abuse, torture and rape of Serb civilians in Odzak and Bosanski Brod in 1992.
At the trial of Zemir Kovacevic, who is charged with crimes in Sijekovac village, near Bosanski Brod, the State Prosecution includes more than a hundred pieces of material evidence in the case file.
Josip Tolic, a former Croatian Defence Council fighter, was indicted for allegedly participating in the murders and torture of Serb civilians in Odzak and Bosanski Brod in 1992.
Presenting his findings and opinion about the cause of death of six people in the Bosanski Brod area, court medicine expert Zeljko Karan at the trial says that those victims died violently due to being hit by a projectile, which was most probably fired from an automatic gun.
A witness at the trial for one of the first war crimes of the Bosnian conflict in March 1992 said her father was among Serbs killed in an attack on a village in the Bosanski Brod municipality.
The District Court in Doboj postpones a plea hearing in the case of Marko Jazvic for the second time. Jazvic is charged with unlawful arrest of Serb civilians in the Bosanski Brod area.
A statement given by Niko Tomas was read at the trial for crimes in Sijekovac, near Brod. In his statement he said that he saw indictee Zemir Kovacevic in the village on the day when the murders were committed.
At the trial of Zemir Kovacevic, who is charged with crimes committed in Bosanski Brod, the State prosecutor read out the statements of two now deceased witnesses who talked about the attack on the village of Sijekovac.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina orders one-month custody for Josip Tolic, who is suspected of crimes against the civilian population in the Odzak and Brod areas.