Person: Covic Fadil

Testifying at the trial of eight defendants charged with wartime crimes in the municipality of Hadzici, a defense witness said families of the missing in Hadzici were against the exchange of prisoners held in the Silos detention facility in 1992 and early 1993. He said they were against the exchange of prisoners because they had no information on their missing family members.

Testifying at the trial of eight defendants charged with war crimes in the municipality of Hadzici, a defense witness said he heard “Juka’s units” used to beat prisoners held in the Silos detention facility.

A defense witness testified at the trial of eight former members of Bosniak military and police formations charged with war crimes in the municipality of Hadzici. Testifying in Fadil Covic’s defense, the witness, who worked on his farm in Pazaric during the war, said he was arrested on May 24, 1992 and was released on the same day by the defendant.