The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
MORTAL REMAINS OF ONE PERSON FOUND IN VIŠEGRAD AREA
24.04.2024. 15:51
Almost complete mortal remains of an adult male were found at the said site. According to the collected information and preliminary findings, the remains belong to a Bosniak victim who disappeared in 1992.
The remains will be sent to the mortuary in Goražde where a DNA sample will be taken and further forensic processing will be conducted in order to determine the victim’s identity.
The exhumation process was attended by a forensic pathologist, representatives of the Missing Persons’ Institute (MPI) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, representatives of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), necessary workers and machinery, and the location was secured by members of the Višegrad Police Station of the Republika Srpska Ministry of the Interior.
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).
