Testifying in defence of Veselko Raguz at the trial for crimes in Stolac and Capljina, witnesses say that neither the indictee nor his soldiers came to places where the civilian population was in July 1993.
Testifying in defence of Veselko Raguz at the trial for crimes in Stolac and Capljina, witnesses say that, being members of a unit commanded by the indictee, they stayed in their zone of responsibility only and did not participated in the arrest of Bosniak men in July 1993.
During the continuation of the trial for crimes in Stolac and Capljina, a Defence witness says that Kostana Hospital, where men were held in detention, was not in the zone of responsibility of the unit commanded by indictee Veselko Raguz, i.e. the Fourth Battalion with Knez Domagoj Brigade of the Croatian Defence Council, HVO.
As the trial for crimes in Stolac and Capljina continues, two witnesses testifying in defence of indictee Veselko Raguz say that the indictee was not present in Aladinici village, Stolac municipality on July 13, 1993.
As the trial for crimes in Stolac and Capljina continues, a defence witness says detention camps in those towns were not under the authority of battalions commanded by the indictee.
At the trial for crimes in the Stolac and Capljina area, witnesses confirm that the Fourth Battalion of the Knez Domagoj Brigade did not have any authority over the Kostana hospital in Stolac, Branko Sotra school building in Crnici and the Dretelj detention camp.
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.
Testifying as the first witness in defence of Veselko Raguz, who is on trial for crimes in Stolac and Capljina, a witness says that he did not see the indictee in Kostana hospital in Stolac on July 13, 1993.
At the trial for crimes in Stolac and Capljina, a witness for the BiH Prosecutors Office could not confirm seeing after arrest the accused Veselko Raguz at the Bone Diseases Hospital, even though he had mentioned him in his earlier statement.