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EXHUMATION OF THE VICTIMS KILLED IN THE PAST WAR WAS CARRIED OUT IN PRIJEDOR MUNICIPALITY
19.09.2012. 14:10The exhumation was carried out at the location of Žeger – Čarakovo, on the territory of Prijedor municipality. The remains of two complete bodies were unearthed.
DNA samples shall be collected for the purpose of identifying the victims. The DNA analysis shall be handled by the laboratory of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP).
The recovered remains shall be transported to the Identification Center Šejkovača in Sanski Most for forensic processing and identification.
The exhumation process was supervised by an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, who acted in accordance with the instructions of the Prosecutor while coordinating the work of police, forensic experts and other authorized persons engaged in the process of exhumations.
The exhumation was attended by representatives of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), representatives of the BiH Institute for Missing Persons, RS MoI officers, a doctor working in the field of forensic medicine and an investigator of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH.
The Prosecutor's Office of BiH, along with other institutions involved in the process of tracing the missing persons in BiH, continues its activities in the process of tracing and exhuming the missing in all parts of BiH.
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