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EXHUMATION OF THE VICTIMS FROM THE PAST WAR CARRIED OUT IN ROGATICA MUNICIPALITY

27.05.2014. 15:09

At the site of Žepa- Slap, in the Municipality of Rogatica, an exhumation was carried out, which lasted for two days, and skeletal remains of at least one person were found.

EXHUMATION OF THE VICTIMS FROM THE PAST WAR CARRIED OUT IN ROGATICA MUNICIPALITY

The found mortal remains will be transported to Goražde, where forensic analysis will be performed, the cause of death will be determined and bone samples will be taken for the DNA analysis in order to establish the victim’s identity.

The exhumation process was coordinated in the field by a Legal Officer of the Special Department for War Crimes of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whereas representatives of the BiH Institute for Missing Persons, an expert forensic pathologist and police officers of the Rogatica Police Station were also participating in the process of exhumation.

The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with institutions involved in the process of tracing missing persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina, continues its activities in the process of conducting exhumations and finding missing persons in all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


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