The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
A PERSON SUSPECTED OF HAVING COMMITTED WAR CRIMES IN DRETELJ CAMP WAS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY
08.02.2013. 15:14Pursuant to the order of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, the authorized officers of the State Investigation and Protection Agency - SIPA have, today at about 12:30 p.m. in the area of Grude, arrested Frano VULIĆ - born on November 23, 1968 in Imotski, residing in the municipality Grude, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia.
The Prosecutor of the Special Department for War Crimes within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH suspects Frano VULIĆ with having, as a member of the HVO's III Company of the Military Police Battalion Ćapljina, shot three Bosniak prisoners with an automatic rifle on July 14, 1993 at about 2:00 p.m. in Dretelj camp in Čapljina Municipality, where Bosniak men were detained.
The suspect Frano VULIĆ is suspected of having committed the criminal offense of War Crimes against Civilians under Article 173, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph c) in conjunction with Article 180, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of BiH.
Following the questioning the Assigned Prosecutor shall file a custody motion for the suspect.
*Note on the principle of presumption of innocence
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
