The Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, FBiH, quashes a verdict under which Ratko Lavrnic was acquitted of charges for crimes against civilians in Kljuc in 1993 and orders a retrial.
Testifying for the Cantonal Prosecution in Bihac, witness Ale Strkunic says that indictees Mladenko Vrtunic and Predrag Bajic, as well as Zeljko Budimir, entered his house in the Kljuc area, killed his wife and mother-in-law and physically abused him on November 21, 1992.
A prosecution witness told the trial of five Bosnian Serbs for wartime killings near the north-western town of Kljuc that he saw three of the defendants shoot dead his village neighbour.
Testifying for the Cantonal Prosecution in Bihac, a witness says that his grandfather told him that his neighbours mistreated him in a village in the Kljuc area.
Testifying in defence of Radovan Karadzic, Slobodan Jurisic says that mass crimes against Muslims and Croats in Kljuc municipality in 1992 were committed by individuals and groups, which were out of control.
During an appeals hearing held before the Supreme Court of the federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina the quashing of a first instance verdict, under which Ratko Lavrnic was acquitted of charges for crimes against civilians in Kljuc in 1993, is requested.
As the trial for crimes in Kljuc continues, Bihac Cantonal Prosecution witnesses say what happened during the night Ibrahim Kumalic and Ibrahim Draganovic were killed.
Testifying in defence of Radovan Karadzic before The Hague Tribunal, a witness says that Muslim extremists were to blame for the conflict in Kljuc in 1992.
Prosecution witness Mina Draganovic tells the Cantonal Court in Bihac that unknown soldiers broke into her house in June 1992 and that her neighbours Ibrahim Draganovic and Ibrahim Kumalic were killed.
Testifying for the Cantonal Prosecution in Bihac, a witness says that, in late July 1992 indictees Predrag and Nenad Bajic, as well as Sinisa Babic, came to his house, insulted him and asked for money.