Montenegro in Bosnian war crimes probe

A senior prosecutor wants an investigation against seven people accused of crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war.

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Wednesday, 12.12.2007.

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A senior prosecutor wants an investigation against seven people accused of crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war. The attacks are alleged to have taken place in the town of Bukovica and its neighborhood, in the north of Montenegro near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Montenegro in Bosnian war crimes probe ‘"There are reasons to suspect that these persons committed crimes against humanity under Article 427 of the Criminal Law of Montenegro and Article 7, Clause 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights‘, says a statement submitted by prosecutor Rifat Hadrovic to Bijelo Polje court. Bosniaks and Muslims make up a majority of the population of Bukovica town, and many claim the Bosnian war made them vulnerable to attacks, even though they were in Montenegro. They say crimes committed by Montenegrin reserve officers of the Yugoslav army during that period have not been investigated. Only man, found guilty of killing Dzafer Djogo, one of Bukovica’s residents, has been jailed. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. According to Jakub Durgut, the head of the Bukovica organization, which campaigns for the investigation of war crimes in the region, six people were killed, 74 were tortured and 24 out of the 39 villages were ethnically cleansed. Hundreds were forced to flee Bukovica, never to return again, after homes were torched, and three mosques were robbed and set on fire.

Montenegro in Bosnian war crimes probe

‘"There are reasons to suspect that these persons committed crimes against humanity under Article 427 of the Criminal Law of Montenegro and Article 7, Clause 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights‘, says a statement submitted by prosecutor Rifat Hadrović to Bijelo Polje court.

Bosniaks and Muslims make up a majority of the population of Bukovica town, and many claim the Bosnian war made them vulnerable to attacks, even though they were in Montenegro.

They say crimes committed by Montenegrin reserve officers of the Yugoslav army during that period have not been investigated.

Only man, found guilty of killing Džafer Đogo, one of Bukovica’s residents, has been jailed. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

According to Jakub Durgut, the head of the Bukovica organization, which campaigns for the investigation of war crimes in the region, six people were killed, 74 were tortured and 24 out of the 39 villages were ethnically cleansed.

Hundreds were forced to flee Bukovica, never to return again, after homes were torched, and three mosques were robbed and set on fire.

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