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EXHUMATION OF BODIES OF VICTIMS KILLED IN THE PAST WAR WAS CARRIED OUT IN THE AREA OF BANJA LUKA MUNICIPALITY
10.04.2012. 14:14The recovered remains were transferred to City Cemetery Banja Luka, where a post mortem exam will be performed and DNA samples taken in the aim to establish the identity of the victim.
The exhumation process was supervised by an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, who acted in accordance with the instructions of the Prosecutor while coordinating the work of police, forensic experts and other authorized persons engaged in the process of exhumations. The exhumation was attended by representatives of the BiH Institute for Missing Persons, a doctor working in the field of forensic medicine, workers and machinery of Banja Luka Public Utility Company as well as Banja Luka PD officers who have investigated the scene and secured the location.
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 exhumations and tracing 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).