The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
EXHUMATION OF THE REMAINS OF VICTIMS KILLED IN THE PAST WAR IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN ROGATICA MUNICIPALITY
26.09.2012. 15:05An exhumation is being carried out at the location of Sjemac on the territory of Rogatica municipality resulting with the uncovery of more than ten bodies.
The recovered remains shall be transported to Goražde where DNA samples shall be collected for identification purposes.
The exhumation process is supervised by a legal officer of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, and attended by representatives of the BiH Institute for Missing Persons, representatives of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), a doctor working in the field of forensic medicine and officers of Rogatica PS.
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 tracing and exhuming 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).
