Ten former Bosnian Serb fighters went on trial in Sarajevo for allegedly abducting about 20 passengers from a train at Strpci railway station in 1993 and then killing them.
The state prosecution and the defense of Dragan Sekaric has asked the appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court to repeal the verdict in the Sekaric case. Sekaric was sentenced to 14 years in prison for acts of murder and rape committed in the Visegrad area during the summer of 1992.
The Bosnian state prosecution says the state court confirmed an indictment against former members of the Bosnian Serb Army accused of abducting 20 civilians travelling from Belgrade to Bar by train in February 1993, and killing them.
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Dragan Sekaric was sentenced to 14 years in prison for rape and murder in the village of Kosovo Polje in the Visegrad municipality in 1992.
After a trial that nearly lasted a year, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina will soon be issuing its verdict on the Dragan Sekaric case. Former Bosnian Serb fighter Sekaric has been indicted for crimes against humanity committed in Gorazde and Visegrad during the Bosnian war.
Defense attorney Borislav Jamina requested that the court release his client, Dragan Sekaric, on the grounds that the prosecution has not proven any of the charges made against him.
Presenting its closing statement, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, requests long-term imprisonment for Dragan Sekaric, who is charged with crimes against Bosniaks in the Visegrad and Gorazde area in 1992.
Testifying at the trial of Dragan Sekaric for crimes in Visegrad and Gorazde, a Defence witness says that the indictee visited refugees on Mount Zlatibor, Serbia, twice during 1992 and that he brought them presents.
As the trial of Dragan Sekaric for crimes in Visegrad and Gorazde continues, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, gives up the examination of two witnesses and presents one piece of material evidence.