Witness testifies in Suva Reka trial

The trial of those accused of murdering 48 Albanians in Suva Reka in March 1999, continued in Belgrade on Monday.

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Tuesday, 11.09.2007.

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The trial of those accused of murdering 48 Albanians in Suva Reka in March 1999, continued in Belgrade on Monday. Witness Ivica Novkovic, an officer in the Suva Reka police station, had already appeared before the Belgrade War Crimes Trial Chamber but was in no condition to testify, and the Chamber ordered a psychiatric examination to be carried out on him. Witness testifies in Suva Reka trial Later, court experts Nada Jankovic and Predrag Tasovac established that the witness was capable of taking the stand, but was somewhat restrained by a sense of fear. Novkovic confirmed that he, together with dozens of other police officers, had participated in collecting the bodies of the murdered members of the Berisha family, but added he had not seen them being murdered. He also testified that he had not heard the first accused, Radojko Repanovic, former commander of the Suva Reka police station, ever give orders for the execution of any civilians. The indictment names Repanovic, his assistant Nenad Jovanovic, former commander of the Nis special police unit Radoslav Mitrovic, Suva Reka police officers Sladjan Cukaric, Miroslav Petkovic, Zoran Petkovic, Ramiz Papic, and State Security Agency member Milorad Nisavic. According to the indictment, the Suva Reka police officers shot dead several elderly members of the Berisha family on March 26, 1999, detaining the remaining men, women and children in the Kalabrija pizza parlor, into which they then proceeded to throw two hand grenades. As the bodies were taken out, the defendants allegedly killed anyone showing signs of life. The Hague defendant, former police general Vlastimir Djordjevic, ordered the transfer of the bodies from the first grave located in the military range in Prizren in refrigerator trucks to be reburied in a mass grave in Batajnica. At the beginning of the trial on October 2, 2006, all the defendants pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

Witness testifies in Suva Reka trial

Later, court experts Nada Janković and Predrag Tasovac established that the witness was capable of taking the stand, but was somewhat restrained by a sense of fear.

Novković confirmed that he, together with dozens of other police officers, had participated in collecting the bodies of the murdered members of the Berisha family, but added he had not seen them being murdered.

He also testified that he had not heard the first accused, Radojko Repanović, former commander of the Suva Reka police station, ever give orders for the execution of any civilians.

The indictment names Repanović, his assistant Nenad Jovanović, former commander of the Niš special police unit Radoslav Mitrović, Suva Reka police officers Slađan Čukarić, Miroslav Petković, Zoran Petković, Ramiz Papić, and State Security Agency member Milorad Nišavić.

According to the indictment, the Suva Reka police officers shot dead several elderly members of the Berisha family on March 26, 1999, detaining the remaining men, women and children in the Kalabrija pizza parlor, into which they then proceeded to throw two hand grenades.

As the bodies were taken out, the defendants allegedly killed anyone showing signs of life.

The Hague defendant, former police general Vlastimir Đorđević, ordered the transfer of the bodies from the first grave located in the military range in Prizren in refrigerator trucks to be reburied in a mass grave in Batajnica.

At the beginning of the trial on October 2, 2006, all the defendants pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

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