People in Tuzla commemorated the 21st anniversary of a Bosnian Serb attack that killed 71 and injured 120, while the commander convicted of ordering the strike continued to contest the verdict.
Belgrade’s higher instance court postponed a hearing to discuss a request filed by the Bosnian authorities to have Novak Djukic serve his twenty prison sentence for war crimes in a prison in Serbia, where he’s been living for the past two years.
Tomorrow, on February 26, Belgrade’s higher instance court will consider a request filed by the Bosnian authorities to have Novak Djukic serve his twenty prison sentence for war crimes in a prison in Serbia, where he’s been living for the past two years.
Bosnia's state court has still not requested that Bosnian Serb general Novak Djukic - convicted of ordering the shelling of Tuzla in 1995 - be asked to serve his sentence in Serbia, where he now lives.
The twentieth anniversary of the biggest tragedy in Tuzlas history was observed with the laying of flowers in the Alley of Youth during a commemorative ceremony in Tuzlanska Kapija.
Former Bosnian Serb general Novak Djukic fled to Serbia last year after being convicted of wartime crimes in Tuzla, but there is no indication when or if Belgrade will jail him.
The Bosnian court is preparing an international arrest warrant for Novak Djukic, convicted of ordering a deadly Bosnian Serb artillery strike on the town of Tuzla, after he fled to Serbia.
Novak Djukic has not received the call to appear to serve his sentence for crimes at Tuzlanska kapija, because of a mistake by the basic court in Banjaluka, a Bosnian court said.
The defence of Novak Djukic, convicted of ordering a deadly Bosnian Serb artillery strike on Tuzla, staged a reconstruction of the attack in a bid to prove his innocence.