The Bosnian state court has asked Turkey for the extradition of Sakib Mahmuljin, wartime commander of the Bosnian Army’s Third Corps, after he failed to appear to serve his eight-year war crimes sentence.
Families of Bosnian Serb war victims have been appalled to learn that Sakib Mahmuljin is not undergoing a prison sentence for war crimes but is in Turkey receiving medical treatment.
The Bosnian prosecution called for a 20-year sentence for Sakib Mahmuljin, wartime commander of the Bosnian Army’s Third Corps, for failing to stop Islamic volunteer fighters torturing and killing Serb prisoners.
Sakib Mahmuljin, former commander of the Third Corps of the Bosnian Army, was sentenced to ten years in prison for failing to stop Islamic volunteer fighters torturing and killing Serb prisoners.
Former Bosnian Army Third Corps commander Sakib Mahmuljin, who is on trial for failing to stop Islamic volunteer fighters torturing and killing Serb prisoners, said he was not guilty of the crime.
The OSCE criticised the Zenica-Doboj Canton’s decision to honour former Bosnian Army Third Corps commander Sakib Mahmuljin, who is on trial for failing to stop Islamic volunteer fighters torturing and killing Serb prisoners.
At the trial of former Bosnian Army general Sakib Mahmuljin, a witness said he was beaten and given electric shocks by mujahideen fighters and forced to kiss another prisoner’s severed head.
Na suđenju Sakibu Mahmuljinu za zločine počinjene na području Vozuće (općina Zavidovići), svjedok Optužbe je ispričao kako su ga tukli i mučili u zarobljeništvu Odreda “El Mudžahidin” te kako je vidio odsječene glave saboraca.
The state court scheduled the start of the Sakib Mahmuljin trial for Wednesday, March 23. Mahmuljin, the former commander of the Third Corps of the Bosnian Army, has been charged with crimes in the Vozuca area of the municipality of Zavidovici.
Former Bosnian Army Third Corps commander Sakib Mahmuljin was indicted for failing to prevent Islamic volunteer fighters killing and torturing Serb civilians and prisoners of war.