Medak Pocket war crimes trial latest

The war crimes trial of Mirko Norac and Rahim Ademi continued with the reading of UNPROFOR documentation.

Izvor: B92

Tuesday, 11.12.2007.

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The war crimes trial of Mirko Norac and Rahim Ademi continued with the reading of UNPROFOR documentation. Several instances are cited in the documentation where it is evident that civilians from the region were not killed in battles. Medak Pocket war crimes trial latest Moreover, it is stated that hardly a single house remained standing, and that they were all set on fire and mined. The documents merely corroborate witness testimonies on the horrifying murders of Serb civilians caught by Croat forces during the Medak Pocket Operation in 1993. Ademi, who was the acting commander in the Gospic region, and Norac, who commanded the 9th Guards Brigade and Sector 1 where the crimes were carried out, are accused of the murders of 28 civilians, the torture and murder of 5 prisoners, and the destruction of hundreds of homes and buildings in 15 villages near Gospic where, today, only ten Serbs remain of the 600 prior to the war. The Hague Tribunal, who has delegated the case to the Croatian judiciary, had also pressed charges against chief of Croatian Army Headquarters Janko Bobetko, but he has since passed away.

Medak Pocket war crimes trial latest

Moreover, it is stated that hardly a single house remained standing, and that they were all set on fire and mined. The documents merely corroborate witness testimonies on the horrifying murders of Serb civilians caught by Croat forces during the Medak Pocket Operation in 1993.

Ademi, who was the acting commander in the Gospić region, and Norac, who commanded the 9th Guards Brigade and Sector 1 where the crimes were carried out, are accused of the murders of 28 civilians, the torture and murder of 5 prisoners, and the destruction of hundreds of homes and buildings in 15 villages near Gospić where, today, only ten Serbs remain of the 600 prior to the war.

The Hague Tribunal, who has delegated the case to the Croatian judiciary, had also pressed charges against chief of Croatian Army Headquarters Janko Bobetko, but he has since passed away.

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