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INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR WAR CRIMES IN THE AREA OF ŽEPČE
31.12.2025. 09:26
He is accused of having ordered, while acting in his capacity of the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 303rd Mountain Brigade of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 16 August 1993, the members of his brigade to carry out an attack on Kiseljak a place in Žepče municipality, during which members of the RBiH Army killed six mostly elderly civilians, including two women and a 13-year-old girl, and wounded three ethnic Croat women.
After that, the accused ordered the capture of civilians and the formation of a "human shield" in which there were civilians, about twenty of them, including minors as well as children under the age of 5 and babies a few months old. They used the civilians as shields and shot at the members of the HVO, as a result of which one civilian died and two civilians were injured. Furthermore, the accused is charged with capturing, abusing and inflicting physical injuries on a civilian who was performing the duties of a journalist.
The accused is charged with having committed the criminal offense of War Crimes against the Civilians under Article 173 and War Crimes against the Wounded and Sick under Article 174 of the CC BiH.
The indictment was forwarded to the Court 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





