The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
EXHUMATION WAS CARRIED OUT IN OSMACI MUNICIPALITY
03.12.2012. 15:15A number of skeletal remains were exhumed at three locations in Šerovača area – Hajvazi settlement, in Osmaci municipality.
The recovered remains shall be transferred to PUC Commemorative Center Tuzla for post mortem examination, forensic processing, identification, medical processing and DNA sample collection.
The DNA analysis of the remains shall be handled by the laboratory of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP).
The exhumation 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, representatives of the Osmaci PS, a doctor working in the field of forensic medicine and an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH.
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).
