Fugitive war criminal captured

Miljenko Bajic, sentenced to six years for war crimes against Serbian civilians in the Lora prison camp, was arrested after six years on the run. He was arrested in the village Zezevica, near the town of Omis, and was transferred to a prison in Split. Fugitive war criminal captured Bajic has been on the run ever since the Supreme Court ordered the accused military police officers to be placed in custody, during the trial for crimes in the Lora prison camp. He disappeared along with the accused Josip Bikic Cop, who suddenly reappeared in the Split Court in late 2008. In a retrial, Bikic got significantly reduced sentence of four years, thanks to pleading guilty among other things. Bajic was also tried in absentia and is thus entitled to a new trial, a right he is going to use. Among the convicted in the Lora case still on the run are head of the Military research center Tomislav Duic and prison guard Emilijo Bungur. The two men were sentenced in absentia to eight and six years in prison, respectively, and are charged in the Lora 2 case for war crimes against prisoners of war. During the Balkan wars, more than 1,000 Serbian civilians and war prisoners ended up in the Lora prison camp, mostly the Yugoslav army (JNA) soldiers captured in Bosnia in 1992. The prisoners were horribly beaten and tortured and, apart from two civilians whose deaths produced convictions, it is estimated that some 60 prisoners of war who disappeared without a trace were taken from the Lora camp and eventually executed.

Fugitive war criminal captured

Bajić has been on the run ever since the Supreme Court ordered the accused military police officers to be placed in custody, during the trial for crimes in the Lora prison camp.

He disappeared along with the accused Josip Bikić Čop, who suddenly reappeared in the Split Court in late 2008.

In a retrial, Bikić got significantly reduced sentence of four years, thanks to pleading guilty among other things. Bajić was also tried in absentia and is thus entitled to a new trial, a right he is going to use.

Among the convicted in the Lora case still on the run are head of the Military research center Tomislav Duić and prison guard Emilijo Bungur.

The two men were sentenced in absentia to eight and six years in prison, respectively, and are charged in the Lora 2 case for war crimes against prisoners of war.

During the Balkan wars, more than 1,000 Serbian civilians and war prisoners ended up in the Lora prison camp, mostly the Yugoslav army (JNA) soldiers captured in Bosnia in 1992.

The prisoners were horribly beaten and tortured and, apart from two civilians whose deaths produced convictions, it is estimated that some 60 prisoners of war who disappeared without a trace were taken from the Lora camp and eventually executed.