Thursday, February 14, 2008

PROTECTED WITNESS TESTIFIED BEFORE BOSNIAN STATE COURT AT TRIAL OF FOUR CROATIAN WAR CRIMINALS

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (February 14,2008) – At the request of the Bosnian State Prosecutor, the latest hearing at the trial of four Croatian war criminals charged with war crimes committed during the Croatian aggression against Bosnia in the early 1990's in the Vojno concentration camp near te southern Bosnian city of Mostar took place behind closed doors to allow the examination of a protected witness.

The Bosnian State Prosecutor charges Croatian war criminals Marko Radic, Dragan Sunjic, Damir Brekalo and Mirko Vracevic, former members of the fascist paramilitary formations of the Croatians living in Bosnia (HVO), with the rape, murder and torture of Bosnian civilians held in the Vojno concentration camp in 1993 and 1994,during the Croatian aggression against Bosnia.

The Bosnian State Prosecutor charges Croatian war criminals Marko Radic and Dragan Sunjic on the basis of their individual and command responsibility.

As indicated in the indictment, Croatian war criminal Damir Brekalo participated in the torture and taking away of detained Bosnian civilians, while Croatian war criminal Mirko Vracevic was a guard in Vojno concentration camp.

The trial of the four Croatian war criminals started in April 2007. To date, 13 hearings have been closed to the public.

According to the official timetable of the Bosnian State Court, the trial is due to continue on February 19.

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