The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
EXHUMATION OF THE VICTIMS OF THE PAST WAR WAS CARRIED OUT IN PROZOR MUNICIPALITY
03.12.2012. 15:18At the location of Hudutsko – Jablanica Lake in the Prozor municipality, an exhumation was carried out resulting with the uncovery of the remains of one body.
The recovered remains shall be transported to the Town Cemetery Sutina in Mostar for post mortem examination, forensic processing, identification, medical processing and DNA sample collection.
DNA samples shall be taken to establish the identity of the victim. The DNA analysis of the remains shall be handled by the laboratory of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP).
The exhumation was attended by representatives of the BiH Institute for Missing Persons, representatives of the Prozor Police Station, a doctor working in the field of forensic medicine and an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH.
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 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).
