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.
Former Bosnian Army soldier Edin Dzeko was sentenced to 13 years in prison for taking part in the killings of Croats in the village of Trusina near Konjic in the spring of 1993.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, and Defence present their appeals, before the Appellate Chamber of the Court of BiH, against a first instance verdict, under which Edin Dzeko was sentenced to 12 years in prison for crimes in Trusina village, Konjic municipality.
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.
At the trial for crimes in Trusina, near Konjic, the Defence of Nihad Bojadzic says that two members of the Trial Chamber must consider withdrawing from this case following the pronouncement of a verdict against Edin Dzeko for crimes committed in that village.
Former Bosnian Army soldier Edin Dzeko was jailed for 12 years over the killings of six Croat fighters and a civilian couple in the village of Trusina near Konjic in 1993.
The verdict against Edin Dzeko, who is charged with crimes against Croats in Trusina village, near Konjic and Jablanica, is due to be pronounced on June 6, the Trial Chamber announced following the presentation of the Defences closing statement.
The defence for former Bosnian Army soldier Edin Dzeko, charged with executing six Croats in 1993, said that witnesses who accused him of the killings were lying to avoid prosecution.
The defence lawyer for Edin Dzeko, a former member of the Bosnian Armys Zulfikar Squad, said he was not guilty of executing six Croats in Trusina in 1993.