Bosnia presses war crimes charges against Croat paramilitary
The Bosnian War Crimes Prosecution today pressed charges against Ante Kovač from Vitez.
Tuesday, 25.03.2008.
16:47
The Bosnian War Crimes Prosecution today pressed charges against Ante Kovac from Vitez. Kovac is accused of breaking the Geneva Convention on the protection of civilians during clashes between the Bosnia-Hercegovina Army and the Croatian Defense Council (HVO) during the Bosnian war. Bosnia presses war crimes charges against Croat paramilitary According to the indictment, during April and May 1993, in the Vitez region, the accused, as a commander of the “Vitez Brigade” military police, commanded military police and, together with them, arrested Bosniak civilians. The indictment states, among other things, that over 250 Bosniak civilians were arrested under his command, and held in inhumane conditions. The prisoners were used for the purposes of forced labor on the front line between the HVO and the Bosnian Army, digging trenches and doing other physical jobs. The indictment adds that in August 1993, Kovac stopped a Red Cross vehicle transporting Bosniak patients for treatment in Zenica. He arrested and imprisoned the patients, from whom he took money, jewellery and other valuables. He is also accused of the rape of female prisoners in April and August 1993. Kovac is currently in custody, and the prosecution indictment has been sent on for confirmation to the Bosnia-Hercegovina court.
Bosnia presses war crimes charges against Croat paramilitary
According to the indictment, during April and May 1993, in the Vitez region, the accused, as a commander of the “Vitez Brigade” military police, commanded military police and, together with them, arrested Bosniak civilians.The indictment states, among other things, that over 250 Bosniak civilians were arrested under his command, and held in inhumane conditions.
The prisoners were used for the purposes of forced labor on the front line between the HVO and the Bosnian Army, digging trenches and doing other physical jobs.
The indictment adds that in August 1993, Kovač stopped a Red Cross vehicle transporting Bosniak patients for treatment in Zenica. He arrested and imprisoned the patients, from whom he took money, jewellery and other valuables.
He is also accused of the rape of female prisoners in April and August 1993.
Kovač is currently in custody, and the prosecution indictment has been sent on for confirmation to the Bosnia-Hercegovina court.
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