The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
EXHUMATION OF VICTIMS KILLED DURING THE PAST WAR CARRIED OUT IN SREBRENICA MUNICIPALITY
12.09.2014. 14:59
The recovered remains shall be transported to the Commemorative Centre Tuzla for post mortem and forensic processing i.e. DNA samples shall be collected in order to determine the identity of the victim.
The exhumation process was supervised by a legal officer of the Special Department for War Crimes within the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH who acted on instructions of the Prosecutor and coordinated the efforts of police, forensics and other authorized persons participating in the exhumation process.
The exhumation was attended by representatives of the BiH Institute for Missing Persons, a doctor specializing in forensic medicine and officers of the Srebrenica PS.
The Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, along with other institutions involved in the process of tracing the missing 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).
