Police arrested eight former Croatian Defence Council fighters on suspicion that they committed war crimes against Bosniak prisoners detained in Ljubuski in south-west Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Alleged camp boss Ivan Ancic is accused of committing war crimes against Bosniak prisoners, including teenage boys and elderly men who were held at Dretelj by Bosnian Croat forces in 1993.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, is due to pronounce a verdict against Jadranko Prlic, Bruno Stojnic, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoje Petkovic, Valentin Coric and Berislav Pusic, who are charged with crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, on May 29.
At the for crimes committed in the Dretelj military prison, the first witness for the Prosecution said that he saw prisoners in this facility, but that he did not see whether they were injured or not.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina files an indictment against five persons, charging them with crimes against humanity against Serb victims, who were held in Dretelj detention camp in 1992.