The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
AN EXHUMATION OF A VICTIM KILLED DURING THE PAST WAR WAS CARRIED OUT IN PRIJEDOR MUNICIPALITY
16.05.2013. 15:01Complete remains of one person were exhumed at the location of Ćela-Bastasi in Prijedor municipality.
The recovered remains were transported to the Identification Center „Šejkovača“, Sanski Most for forensic processing i.e. determination of the cause of death and collection of samples for DNA analysis aiming to determine the identity of the victim.
The exhumation process was supervised by an investigator of the Special Department for War Crimes within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH and attended by representatives of the BiH Institute for Missing Persons, a doctor working in the field of forensic medicine and RS MoI police officers.
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.
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).
