MORTAL REMAINS OF AT LEAST ONE PERSON FOUND DURING EXHUMATION IN FOČA
18.07.2023. 13:00An investigator of the Special Department for War Crimes of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina is present at the site in the vicinity of the village of Izbišno, Municipality of Foča, in the canyon of the Bistrica River, where he coordinates the work of authorized officers participating in the exhumation process.
Mortal remains of at least one person were found at this location, which will be transferred for further forensic processing and identification by way of the DNA analysis, in order to precisely determine the identity of the missing person.
According to the currently available information, these mortal remains could belong to a person of Bosniak ethnicity from the area of Foča, who disappeared in the fall of 1992.
The exhumation was conducted with the participation of a forensic pathologist, as well as representatives of the Institute for Missing Persons of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SIPA and ICMP, whereas police officers of the Foča Police Station of the Republika Srpska Ministry of the Interior were securing the location and providing forensic and technical support.
After exhumation, the remains will be transferred to the Public Utility Company of ‘City Cemeteries’ of Visoko for further forensic processing.