Person: Saric Bruno

The cantonal court in Travnik sentenced Bruno Saric, a former member of the Croatian Defence Council, to four years in prison for seizing a man who was never seen alive again afterwards.

The Cantonal prosecution in Travnik requested that Bruno Saric be found guilty of war crimes in Travnik. The defense called for a not guilty verdict. The pronouncement of the verdict is scheduled for April 7.

Testifying before the cantonal court in Novi Travnik, prosecution witness Edib Sojtaric said he watched the abduction of his former neighbour Aleksa Kostres with his neighbour’s wife. Sojtaric said Kostres was abducted by Croatian Defence Council members, including the defendant, Bruno Saric.

At today’s hearing of the Bruno Saric trial at the Cantonal Court in Novi Travnik, defense witnesses said that Aleksa Kostres was abducted by members of the Croatian Defence Council from Herzegovina.

Testifying at Bruno Saric's trial before the Cantonal Court in Novi Travnik, defense witness Nenad Bogdanovic said that he heard that members of the Croatian Defence Forces (HOS) from Herzegovina took away victim Aleksa Kostres.

Testifying before the Travnik Cantonal Court, witness Midhad Campara says that the kidnapping of Aleksa Kostres, which was committed by members of the Croatian Defence Council, HVO, in the central part of Travnik town in May 1992, was not registered by Travnik police until the end of 1993.

Testifying at the trial of Bruno Saric for crimes in Travnik, the first Prosecution witness says that the indictee took her husband Aleksa Kostres, whom she has never seen again, in late May 1992.