The trial of five former Bosnian Army fighters accused of committing crimes against civilians in Potoci, Mostar, has been postponed due to the absence of defendant Enes Curic.
The Bosnian state court has ordered Milisav Ikonic, Dragan Lubarda and Zoran Ilic into custody for one month. Ikonic, Lubarda, and Ilic are suspected of committing crimes against civilians in Rogatica in 1992.
At the trial of Zaim Lalicic, a protected state prosecution witness known as S.M. told the court that Lalicic had raped her during her detention in the basement of an unfinished building.
Police arrested five former members of the Bosnian Serb Armys Rogatica Brigade on suspicion that they took part in the killings, rape and illegal detention of civilians in 1992.
Investigator Slavisa Lucic was the first prosecution witness at the trial of former Bosnian Army soldiers Adil Vojic and Bekir Mesic. Lucic determined during his investigation that the defendants had forced a man to rape his mother.