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.
The state court in Sarajevo convicted three former Bosnian Army soldiers of the killings of Croat civilians and soldiers in 1993 and sentenced them to a total of 37 years in prison.
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.
The Bosnian state court will hand down a verdict in the trial of Mensur Memic, Dzevad Salcin, Senad Hakalovic, Nedzad Hodzic and Nihad Bojadzic on July 13. The defendants have been charged with committing war crimes in the village of Trusina, near Konjic, on July 13, 1993.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in Trusina, Konjic municipality, State Prosecution witnesses say that they saw Zulfikar Alispago in Podorasac, Konjic municipality, on April 15, 1993.
A Defence witness says that he was in Pazaric and Bradina with indictee Nihad Bojadzic, former Deputy Commander of Zulfikar Unit with the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ABiH, on the day, when crimes were committed in Trusina, near Konjic.
The Defence of Nedzad Hodzic and Dzevad Salcin, who are charged with crimes on Mount Igman, announce, during a status conference, that they will examine Zulfikar Alispago, former Commander of Zulfikar Special Purposes Unit of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a Defence witness.
Defence lawyers for Nihad Bojadzic, former deputy commander of the Bosnian Armys Zulfikar Squad, accused of a deadly attack on the village of Trusina, claimed the judges were biased.