The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
EXHUMATION COMPLETED IN VLASENICA MUNICIPALITY; INCOMPLETE REMAINS OF THREE PERSONS UNEARTHED
28.08.2019. 15:55At the site of the village Turalići in Vlasenica municipality, exhumation was completed at three separate locations and incomplete remains of three persons were unearthed.
The skeletal remains found will be transferred to the Tuzla Commemoration Center for further forensic processing and victim identification through DNA sample analysis.
Pursuant to the order of the assigned prosecutor, the investigator of the Special Department for War Crimes of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH directly supervised and coordinated the exhumation process in the area.
Officers of the Institute for Missing Persons of BiH, a doctor - forensic specialist, as well as police officers of the Vlasenica PS participated in the exhumation process.
Employees of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH are participating, almost on daily basis, in the search for remains and exhumations of war crimes victims throughout BiH.
*Note on the principle of presumption of innocence
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).
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).
