At the trial for genocide in Srebrenica witness for the State Prosecution gave different answers when asked whether volunteers reported to indictee Ostoja Stanisic to kill prisoners in Petkovci, a village close to Zvornik in July of 1995.
Testifying at the trial for the Srebrenica genocide, a prosecution expert witness said that the traces of blood were found in the Cultural Center and two school buildings in the village of Petkovci, near Zvornik, where Bosniak men were held in July 1995.
At the trial for the genocide in Srebrenica, a protected witness for the prosecution said that he learnt from an old man that defendant Ostoja Stanisic offered him to kill the prisoners who were brought to the village of Petkovci near Zvornik in July 1995.
The defendants, Ostoja Stanisic and Marko Milosevic, could have made sure that equipment, staff and facilities in the Zvornik area were not used for murder of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995, said the expert witness Richard Butler.
The trial of Ostoja Stanisic and Marko Milosevic charged with taking part in the Srebrenica genocide in July 1995 began with the reading of the indictment and opening arguments by the prosecution.
The trial of Ostoja Stanisic and Marko Milosevic, who are charged with genocide in Srebrenica, is due to begin on October 9 with the reading of the indictment and presentation of introductory arguments by the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina considers that, should they be released to liberty, Ostoja Stanisic and Marko Milosevic, who are charged with genocide against Srebrenica residents, would hide evidence and influence witnesses and accomplices, so it files a custody extension motion.
Until today seven members of the Zvornik Brigade of the Army of Republika Srpska, VRS, were found guilty and sentenced to a total of 139 years in prison for killing more than 2,500 men and boys from the area of Srebrenica in July 1995.
The Bosnian State police have arrested Bosnian Serbs Ostoja Stanisic and Marko Milosevic, under suspicion that they took part in the Srebrenica genocide in July 1995.
Stanisic and Milosevic were arrested by the State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA, in the territory of Zvornik.