Person: Sijak Mirsad

A military defense expert testifying at the trial of eight former members of the Bosnian Army said Serbs from Pazaric and Tarcin were considered dangerous due to fears of a Serb spy network and armed uprising in the area.

A military expert testified at the trial of eight former members of Bosnian military and police forces charged with war crimes in Hadzici. The expert said the municipality of Hadzici was of strategic importance for the security of Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bakir Alispahic, the former head of the Sarajevo public safety center, testified at the trial of eight former members of Bosnian military and police forces charged with war crimes in Hadzici.

A former minister in the Bosnian wartime government testified in defense of Mustafa Djelilovic. He said the wartime Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the only institution which could have solved the issue of Serb prisoners held in the Silos detention facility in Hadzici. Djelilovic and seven other defendants have been charged with war crimes against detained civilians in the Hadzici area.

On the third day of his testimony, Zvonko Maric said he interviewed prisoners held in the Hadzici area and was told that the guards treated them correctly.

An investigator testifying in defense of Mustafa Djelilovic said the Serb population in Hadzici was detained because they possessed a large quantity of weapons.

A defense witness testifying at the trial of eight former Bosnian military and police officials said the wartime crisis committee of Hadzici called on all civilians to make their weapons available for the purposes of defense, as per a proclamation issued by the Bosnian state presidency.