Josip Kresic, a wartime Croatian Defence Council fighter who was on trial for crimes against civilian prisoners in the Stolac area in 1993, became the third defendant in the case to die before the final verdict.
Former Croatian Defence Council fighter Ivica Markovic, who was on trial for war crimes against civilian detainees in the Stolac area in 1993, has died.
The state prosecution has filed an indictment against two former members of the Croatian Defense Council, charging them with crimes committed in Stolac.
Two former Croatian Defence Council fighters surrendered to the state prosecution after it announced they were under investigation for war crimes against civilians in the southern town of Stolac.