Thursday, September 27, 2007

THREE MORE WITNESSES INVITED AT TRIAL OF 11 SERBIAN WAR CRIMINALS CHARGED WITH GENOCIDE

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (27.September,2007) - The defence teams of seven of the 11 Serbian war criminals charged with genocide committed by the Serbian aggressor in the eastern Bosnian village of Kravica,have jointly invited three more witnesses to appear before the Bosnian State Court.

Witness Zdravko Zivanovic has said that indictee Dragisa Zivanovic (his cousin) was in Skelani on 13 July 1995. The indictment alleges that Zivanovic and the ten other Serbian war criminals were in the village of Kravica on that day and took part in the murdering of about 1,000 Bosnian civilians by the genocidal Serbian aggressor.

"Dragisa's brother was due to start his military service on that day and there was a farewell party that he organised. He left in the morning hours on 14 July," Zdravko Zivanovic said, adding that his cousin Dragisa was in Skelani all the time.

Witness Stana Ostojic lived in the village of Resagici, near the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, in July 1995.She claims that there was "some squad" next to her house. She has recalled that, on 13 July 1995, "the squad members returned to their headquarters…as one of their colleagues had been killed".

The three witnesses have said that they attended the funeral of Krsto Dragicevic on 15 July 1995 and that they saw the members of his squad.

The trial is due to continue on 27 September, when two more defence witnesses shall be examined.

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