Detainees were beaten, humiliated and murdered by detention camp guards in the Sarajevo suburb of Hadzici, a witness told a war crimes trial in the Bosnian capital.
A State Prosecution witness says at the trial for crimes in Hadzici municipality that he was detained in 1992, because he is a Serb, and that he was held in detention until 1996.
At the trial for crimes committed in the municipality of Hadzici, the witness, Milorad Petric, described physical abuse and harassment in the school in Pazaric, the Krupa barracks and Silos camp between 1992 and 1996.
At the trial for crimes committed in Hadzici, witness Vinko Lale said during the second day of his testimony that prior to his five month detention in Silos camp, he had obtained a rifle.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has extended custody to eight indictees who are charged with crimes in the Hadzici area, because of the possibility of influencing the witnesses and accomplices.
Cantons hostile reaction to arrests of men suspected of abducting, torturing and killing Serb and Croat civilians during the siege shows culture of denial embraces all sides in Bosnia.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has extended custody for eight suspects for crimes against Serb and Croat civilians and prisoners of war in the Silos camp and other places of detention in the territory of the municipality of Hadzic.