City: Lukavac Archives

Eight former fighters went on trial for wartime crimes against Serb civilians who were unlawfully detained and allegedly tortured and sexually abused in the Lukavac area in 1992. The trial of Zijad Srabovic, Refik Morankic, Ahmet Bajric, Abid Arapcic, Senaid Cosic, Pasaga Cajic, Samir Dzambic and Mirsad Zilic, who are charged with the inhumane treatment, torture and murder of civilians detained in the city of Lukavac and nearby Modrac from June to October 1992, opened at the Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Tuesday.

Eight former fighters were indicted for wartime crimes against Serb civilians who were unlawfully detained and allegedly tortured and sexually abused in the Lukavac area in 1992. The Bosnian state prosecution on Friday charged Zijad Srabovic, Refik Morankic, Ahmet Bajric, Abid Arapcic, Senaid Cosic, Pasaga Cajic, Samir Dzambic and Mirsad Zilic with war crimes against more than 20 Serb civilians who were unlawfully detained at several locations in Lukavac and the surrounding area.

The Supreme Court of the Bosnian Federation reduced the sentences of Milorad (Nenad) Cvijanovic, Svetomir Ilic, Vaso Ilic, and Milorad (Milan) Cvijanovic. The defendants were charged with committing crimes against prisoners of war in Smoluca, near Lukavac, in 1992.

The Federal Prosecution requests the Court to pronounce longer sentence against four suspects, whom the Tuzla Cantonal Court sentenced to a total of 18-and-a-half years in prison for crimes against prisoners of war in Smoluca, Lukavac municipality, while the Defence requests quashing of the verdict.

Four former Bosnian Serb Army soldiers were sentenced to a total of 18-and-a-half years in prison for abusing prisoners of war in the village of Smoluca near Tuzla in 1992.

After the Defence teams of four defendants for crimes against prisoners of war in Smoluca (municipality of Lukavac) asked for a not guilty verdict in their closing arguments, the Cantonal court in Tuzla scheduled the verdict for March 5 this year.

Testifying at the trial for crimes in the Lukavac area before the Cantonal Court in Tuzla, State Prosecution witness Nadil Poljakovic says that indictee Vaso Ilic used to bring masked soldiers who hit him and other prisoners with wooden bats.

The continuation of the trial for mistreatment of prisoners of war, former members of the Territorial Defence, in Smoluca, Lukavac municipality, before the Cantonal Court in Tuzla has been postponed due to absence of one of the indictees.

As the trial for crimes committed in Smoluca, Lukavac municipality, continues before the Cantonal Court in Tuzla, three witnesses, who previously gave different statements concerning mistreatment of members of the Territorial Defence, face each other.

During the confrontation of Defence witnesses and Nadil Poljakovic at the trial for the mistreatment of prisoners of war of the Territorial Defence, TO, in Smoluca, Lukavac municipality, before the Cantonal Court in Tuzla, the Defence witnesses deny Poljakovics testimony of March 25 this year.

City: Lukavac

Bosniak Ex-Fighters Tried for Abusing Serb Civilian Prisoners

Bosnia Indicts Ex-Fighters for Crimes Against Serbs

Supreme Court of Bosnia Federation Reduces Sentences for Smoluca Crimes

Longer Sentence for Smoluca Crimes Requested

Four Bosnian Serbs Convicted of Smoluca Prisoner Abuse

Smoluca Crimes Verdict Next Month

Prisoners Beaten with Wooden Bats

Trial Postponed Due to Indictees Obligations at The Hague

Different Testimonies on Smoluca

Defence Witnesses Deny Poljakovics Testimony

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