The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
EXHUMATION CARRIED OUT IN THE AREA OF ČAJNIČE MUNICIPALITY
10.04.2012. 15:08Following the recovery the remains were transported to Goražde. The identity of the victims shall be established through further forensic processing and DNA analysis.
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 – an expert pathologist, as well as Police Officers of Čajniče PS and RS MoI, who have investigated the scene and secured the location.
The Prosecutor's Office of BiH, along with other law enforcement agencies and institutions involved in the process of tracing the missing persons in BiH and their identification, continues its activities in the process of tracing and exhuming the remains of war crimes victims 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).
