City: Prijedor Archives

Indictee Civcic, former member of the Interventions Squad with the Public Safety Station in Prijedor, says that he was in his hometown Kupres on the day when crimes were committed at Koricanske stijene, as he was trying to obtain documents for his employment with the police.

On the second day of presentation of his findings and opinion at the trial for Koricanske stijene crimes, an expert witness in police issues says that local authorities interfered in police affairs and established an interventions squad with the Public Safety Station in Prijedor in 1992.

Each year fewer and fewer former detainees visit Omarska, a synonym for the suffering of Bosniaks and Croats from Prijedor. As hopes fade among resigned detainees and their families that a worthy monument will ever be erected at the eerie site of the former concentration camp, Prijedor municipal authorities, as well as Bosnian authorities in general, are accused of arrogance towards the camps victims.

Testifying at the trial for crimes at Koricanske stijene, a Defence witness says that he saw about 150 corpses of men there in August 1992.

The 19th anniversary of the murder of Croat civilians in Brisevo, near Prijedor was marked by a mass served by Banja Luka Bishop Franjo Komarica.

Testifying at the trial for crimes committed at Koricanske stijene, a Defence witness says that indictees Petar Civcic and Sasa Zecevic did not escort a convoy of civilians travelling from Prijedor to Travnik in August 1992.

Testifying in defence of Petar Civcic, a witness says that he heard about the murder of civilians committed at Koricanske stijene in August 1992, adding that a decision was then made to dismiss the Interventions Squad with the Public Safety Station in Prijedor.

Testifying in his own defence, indictee Radoslav Knezevic, former member of the Interventions Squad with the Public Safety Station in Prijedor, says that he did not participate in the murder of civilians at Koricanske stijene in August 1992.

Testifying in defence of Radoslav Knezevic, who is charged with crimes committed at Koricanske stijene, two witnesses says that Damir Ivankovic told them that he was not sure whether indictee Knezevic participated in the murders committed in August 1992.

Testifying in defence of her brother Radoslav Knezevic, who is charged with crimes committed at Koricanske stijene, Ivanka Markovic says he told her that in 1992 members of his unit killed civilians whom they were escorting from Prijedor in a convoy.

City: Prijedor

Zecevic et al: No Words to Describe Crime

Zecevic et al: Interventions Squads Issue

Deadly Detention Camp Forgotten

Koricanske stijene: Piles of Corpses

Anniversaries of Prijedor Crimes Marked

Koricanske stijene: Separation of Men

Koricanske stijene: Information About Murders

Koricanske stijene: Murderers’ Names Kept Secret

Koricanske stijene: Uncertainty Over Indictee’s Participation

Koricanske stijene: Innocent People Killed

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