Monday, January 14, 2008

PLEA HEARING SCHEDULED FOR SERBIAN WAR CRIMINAL NOVAK DJUKIC

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (January 14,2008) - A plea hearing before a Preliminary Hearing Judge of the Section I for War Crimes of the Bosnian State Court in the case of Serbian war criminal Novak Đukić, has been scheduled for today, 14 January 2008, starting at 10:00a.m. in courtroom 4. Serbian war criminal Novak Đukić is charged with war crimes against civilians committed during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

The Indictment alleges that on 25 May 1995, as a member of the genocidal paramilitary forces of the Serbians living in Bosnia, Đukić ordered his units, located in the Panjik village at the mountain of Ozren, to fire a missile at a location in the centre of the eastern Bosnian town of Tuzla known as „Kapija.“

As a result of this attack, 71 Bosnian civilians were killed while approximately 240 sustained injuries.

Tuzla was declared a safe zone by a Resolution of the United Nations Security Council issued on 6 May 1993.

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