Testifying at the trial for crimes in the Kalinovik area, a State Prosecution witness says that Marinko Bjelica and Duke Tripkovic said that they killed some people in a school building.
Prosecution witness Enesa Hasanbegovic told the court in Sarajevo on Thursday that on August 1, 1992, her husband was taken from the primary school in Kalinovik where he was being held prisoner, and that she never saw him again.
The trial of Marinko and Zoran Bjelica, and Novica Tripkovic, charged with crimes in the territory of Kalinovik in 1992, started with the reading of the indictment and opening argument presented by the Prosecution.
The trial of Marinko and Zoran Bjelica, as well as Novica Tripkovic, who are all charged with crimes in Kalinovik, will start on April 3 with the reading of the indictment and introductory statements.
Father and son Marinko and Zoran Bjelica, as well as Novica Tripkovic - all former Bosnian Serb Army servicemen - pleaded not guilty to participating in the murder and torture of Bosniak civilians detained in the Miladin Radojevic school building in Kalinovik, south of Sarajevo, in August 1992.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina requests an extension of prohibiting measures against Marinko Bjelica and extension of custody for his son Zoran Bjelica, who are charged with crimes in Kalinovik.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina orders one-month custody for Zoran Bjelica, who is suspected of crimes in Kalinovik, and prohibiting measures for Marinko Bjelica.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina requests custody for Zoran Bjelica and orders prohibiting measures for Marinko Bjelica, both of whom were arrested due to a suspicion that they committed crimes in Kalinovik.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina will not keep in custody a certain L.M., who was arrested by the State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA, on December 18 due to a suspicion that he committed war crimes.