TRIAL OF SERBIAN WAR CRIMINALS KRSTO SAVIC AND MILKO MUCIBABIC BEFORE BOSNIAN STATE COURT CLOSED TO PUBLIC

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (August 20,2008) - At the trial of Serbian war criminals Krsto Savic and Milko Mucibabic, two Prosecution witnesses were examined before the Bosnian State Court today with no presence of the public.

The Trial Chamber decided to exclude the public from this hearing. Its decision was announced at a closed session.

"The public was excluded during the testimony of these witnesses before the Hague Tribunal. They testified under pseudonyms," Trial Chamber Chairwoman Minka Kreho said prior to excluding the public from the further course of the hearing.

The Bosnian State Prosecution charges Serbian war criminals Krsto Savic and Milko Mucibabic with participating in the crimes against Bosnian civilians from the Nevesinje, Kalinovik, Bileca and Gacko areas in 1992,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia.


Serbian war criminals Krsto Savic and Milko Mucibabic

The Bosnian State Prosecutor charges the two Serbian fascists with murder, rape, forcible resettlement, disappearances, demolition of property, detention, capture and physical and mental torture of Bosnian civilians.

The trial of Serbian war criminals Savic and Mucibabic started in May 2008. The two Serbian war criminals were arrested, as per a warrant issued by the Bosnian State Prosecution, in September 2007.

The trial is due to continue before the Bosnian State Court tomorrow,on August 21.
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