Former Security Minister Selmo Cikotic, who was a Bosnian Army officer during the war, was charged with failing to prevent the torture and murders of Croat military prisoners in Bugojno in 1993.
Former Bosnian Army soldiers Muhko and Safet Velagic were found guilty of committing war crimes against prisoners of war in the Bugojno area in July 1993.
The Cantonal Court in Novi Travnik sentenced Muhko Velagic was sentenced to seven years in prison and Safet Velagic to six years for war crimes against prisoners of war.
Two prosecution witnesses testified at the trial of Muko and Safet Velagic, who’ve been charged with crimes committed in Bugojno during the summer of 1993. The witnesses said they found out that injured party Mario Zrno had been beaten by civilians in the village of Crnici.
The trial of Muhko and Safet Velagic, former Bosnian Army fighters charged with crimes against prisoners of war, started before the cantonal court of Novi Travnik.
The Bosnian state court has decided that the cantonal court of Novi Travnik is responsible for processing the case against Safet and Muhko Velagic. The defendants, both former members of the Bosnian Army, have been charged with war crimes in the Bugojno area.
The cantonal court of Novi Travnik said it was not the competent court to process the case of two former members of the Bosnian Army charged with war crimes in Bugojno.
The third instance Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, confirms a verdict under which Musajb Kukavica was sentenced to four years in prison for crimes against prisoners of war in Bugojno from 1993 to 1994.