Charges brought over 1991 Lovas war crimes

The War Crimes Prosecution has pressed charges against 14 people suspected of war crimes in Lovas in Croatia in 1991.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 29.11.2007.

10:46

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The War Crimes Prosecution has pressed charges against 14 people suspected of war crimes in Lovas in Croatia in 1991. The 14, including members of the Yugoslav National Army (JNA), the local authorities, and the so-called “Dusan the Mighty“ paramilitary unit, are accused of committing war crimes in October and November 1991. Charges brought over 1991 Lovas war crimes They are charged with the murders of 70 Croat civilians. According to the indictment, 22 civilians were murdered in their houses and gardens during an attack on the village on October 10, while a further 23 were murdered in improvised prisons by October 18. The suspects are accused of lining the civilians up to form a human wall, and forcing them to walk across a mine field, leading to the deaths of 22 of them, on October 18. Another three civilians were killed in other sporadic incidents at around the same time. Of the 14 suspects, four are former JNA troops, four were members of the local territorial defense force, and the remaining six were members of the “Dusan the Mighty“ paramilitary formation. The prosecution has asked for seven of the men to be remanded in custody, according to a statement. The accused are: Ljuban Devetak, Milan Devcic, Milan Radojcic, Zeljko Krnjajic, Miodrag Dimitrijevic, Darko Peric, Radovan Vlajkovic, Radisav Josipovic, Jovan Dimitrijevic, Sasa Stojanovic, Dragan Bacic, Zoran Kosijer, Petronije Stevanovic and Aleksandar Nikolaidis.

Charges brought over 1991 Lovas war crimes

They are charged with the murders of 70 Croat civilians. According to the indictment, 22 civilians were murdered in their houses and gardens during an attack on the village on October 10, while a further 23 were murdered in improvised prisons by October 18.

The suspects are accused of lining the civilians up to form a human wall, and forcing them to walk across a mine field, leading to the deaths of 22 of them, on October 18. Another three civilians were killed in other sporadic incidents at around the same time.

Of the 14 suspects, four are former JNA troops, four were members of the local territorial defense force, and the remaining six were members of the “Dušan the Mighty“ paramilitary formation.

The prosecution has asked for seven of the men to be remanded in custody, according to a statement.

The accused are: Ljuban Devetak, Milan Devčić, Milan Radojčić, Željko Krnjajić, Miodrag Dimitrijević, Darko Perić, Radovan Vlajković, Radisav Josipović, Jovan Dimitrijević, Saša Stojanović, Dragan Bačić, Zoran Kosijer, Petronije Stevanović and Aleksandar Nikolaidis.

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