The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
EXHUMATION OF THE VICTIMS OF THE PAST WAR IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN SAPNA MUNICIPALITY
12.11.2012. 15:30Incomplete remains of one person were found on both the location of Skakovica and the location of Sapna-Laze.
The recovered remains shall be transported to the Commemorative Centre Tuzla for post mortem exams, identification and forensic processing.
The DNA analysis of the remains shall be handled by the laboratory of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP).
These exhumations are attended by representatives of the BiH Institute for Missing Persons, representatives of the Federation MoI, a doctor working in the field of forensic medicine and an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH.
The exhumations are supervised by an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, who acts 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 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).
