The trial of Zulfikar Alispago, former commander of the Bosnian Army’s ‘Zulfikar Squad’, accused of responsibility for civilian deaths during a 1993 attack on the village of Trusina, resumed after doctors deemed him fit to attend.
Continuing the presentation of its closing statement, Nihad Bojadzic’s defense said the prosecution’s allegations against the defendant were speculations. Bojadzic, the former deputy commander of the Zulfikar Squad of the Bosnian Army, has been charged with war crimes committed against Croats in Jablanica in June and July 1993.
After a trial that has lasted more than two years, the Bosnian state court will hand down a verdict in the case of Dzevad Salcin, a former member of the Bosnian Army charged with crimes on Mount Igman in the municipality of Hadzici. The verdict has been scheduled for January 21.
Presenting its closing statement, the state prosecution called for a guilty verdict in the trial of Nihad Bojadzic, a former Bosnian Army commander accused of rape and the mistreatment of civilians and prisoners of war in Jablanica.
On Wednesday, September 23, the first state prosecution witness is expected to testify at the trial of Jovan Popovic, who has been charged with crimes committed in the Visegrad area in the summer of 1992.
After a trial that lasted nearly five years, the case involving the Bosnian Army attack on the village of Trusina ended. Five former members of the Bosnian Army will receive their verdicts on Tuesday, September 01.
The state court will hand down a verdict against five former members of the Bosnian Army, whove been charged with war crimes in Trusina, near Konjic, after summer vacation.
Over the past ten years, the Bosnian state court has ordered hundreds of suspects in war crimes cases into custody for a time period of approximately 290 years or 105,000 days during investigations and trials.