Testifying in defense of Ratko Mladic, former local prosecutor Slobodan Radulj said crimes committed in Prijedor in 1992 and 1993 occurred in a legal vacuum, in which there was no government in place.
A prosecution witness testified on Tuesday that he was told that two defendants accused of war crimes committed in Prijedor were present when his father was arrested in 1992.
A defence witness told former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladics trial that detention camps where Bosniaks were held in the east of the country werent under the armys control.
The first witness at the trial of fifteen former members of Bosnian Serb forces, said he found out that defendant Ilija Zoric was standing in front of his house on the day of his familys murder.
The Mirko Vrucinic trial began at the Bosnian state court with a reading of the indictment and opening remarks. Vrucinic has been charged with war crimes in Sanski Most and Prijedor.
The cross-examination of a protected witness at the trial of three former Bosnian Serb Army soldiers continued in a hearing closed to the public. The defendants have been charged with participating in war crimes committed in the Prijedor area.
The trial of fourteen defendants charged with the murder of civilians in the village of Zecovi, near Prijedor, began with a reading of the indictment and the state prosecutions introductory statement.
After a status conference at the Bosnian state court, the start date of the Mirko Vrucinic trial of Mirko Vrucinic was set for April 22. The trial will begin with a reading of the indictment and the presentation of the state prosecutions introductory statements. Vrucinic has been charged with war crimes in the areas of Sanski Most and Prijedor.
The cross-examination of a protected state prosecution witness testifying at the trial of Mitar and Rade Vlasenko and Drago Koncar was conducted in a closed hearing. The witness is known as S1.