International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

As the trial of Ratko Mladic before the Hague Tribunal continues, Defence witness Dragan Maletic confirms that the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, used detained Bosniaks for digging trenches on the frontlines in Grbavica neighbourhood, Sarajevo.

Defence witness Slavko Gengo says, at Ratko Mladic’s trial, that explosions of grenades at Markale market place and in Vase Miskina Street in Sarajevo and in the downtown area in Tuzla, in which hundreds of citizens were killed, were “directed” by authorities in Sarajevo.

While cross-examining Defence witness Nikola Mijatovic at Ratko Mladic’s trial, Prosecutor Dermot Groome points to inconsistencies between several statements he gave at various trial before The Hague Tribunal.

As the trial of Ratko Mladic before the Hague Tribunal continues, a Defence witness says that the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, which was commanded by the indictee, did not terrorise the local population in Sarajevo.

Dusan Skrba, former Commander of Artillery with the First Sarajevo Brigade of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, says at Ratko Mladic’s trial that the Unit could not have fired a mine-thrower grenade at Markale market place in August 1995.

Former Bosnian Serb Army chief Mladic has begun his defence at the Hague Tribunal against charges of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1992-95 conflict.