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WAR CRIMES INDICTMENT FOR VITEZ AREA ISSUED
30.12.2025. 12:44
The accused are charged with having participated, wile acting in the capacities i.e. Mensur Keleštura as the commander of the 325th Mountain Brigade of the Army of RBiH, and Hasim Jašarević as the commander of the Brigade Artillery, in an artillery attack conducted on 10 June 1993 against civilian objects inhabited by the Croat population. As as a result of the attack a grenade fired from a 120 mm mortar exploded on a children’s playground, killing eight Croat children, five of whom were killed immediately while three more died soon after from their wounds. Five more children who were on the playground were wounded.
The accused are charged with committing the criminal offense of War Crimes against Civilians under Article 173 of the Criminal Code 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).
The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina





