The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
EXHUMATION OF BODIES OF VICTIMS FROM THE PAST WAR CARRIED OUT IN BRATUNAC MUNICIPALITY
24.01.2014. 15:03
Remains of two persons were exhumed, one at the Jelah site and the other at the Ravni Buljin site.
The found mortal remains of victims will be transported to the Commemorative Center in Tuzla, where forensic, as well as criminal and technical analysis will be performed, cause of death will be determined and bone samples will be taken for the DNA analysis in order to establish the victims’ identity.
The exhumation process was coordinated in the field by a Legal Officer of the Special Department for War Crimes of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, whereas exhumation was conducted by officers of the BiH Institute for Missing Persons, an expert forensic pathologist and police officers of the Bratunac Police Station.
The Prosecutor's Office of BiH, along with institutions involved in the process of tracing missing persons in BiH, continues its activities in the process of conducting exhumations and finding missing persons in all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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).
