4 Verdächtige für Verbrechen gegen Kroaten in Herzegovina festgenommen
die sind Nedzad Hodzic aliass John Wayne; Mensur Memic alias Menta; Dzevad Salcin aliaas "Struja" (Strom); und Senad Hakalovic. alle waren frühere Mitglieder der bosnischen Armee
die sind Nedzad Hodzic aliass John Wayne; Mensur Memic alias Menta; Dzevad Salcin aliaas "Struja" (Strom); und Senad Hakalovic. alle waren frühere Mitglieder der bosnischen Armee
Four War Crimes Suspects Arrested
Sarajevo | 16 September 2009 | BIRN - Justice Report
SIPA
Four former members of the Bosnian Army have been arrested, on suspicion of participating in war-time crimes against Bosnian Croats in a village in Herzegovina. Acting on a warrant issued by the State Prosecution, the State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA, with members of the Special Support Unit, arrested the four men, who are suspected of participating in war crimes against civilians and prisoners of war. The arrests took place in several towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Tha arrested men are: Nedzad Hodzic, also known as John Wayne; Mensur Memic, known as Menta; Dzevad Salcin, nicnknamed Struja; and Senad Hakalovic.
The suspects have been handed over to the State Prosecution, which will question them and decide whether to file custody order motions.
The four are suspected of participating in an attack on the village of Trusina on April 16, 1993, in which civilians were murdered.
The State Prosecution alleges that elements of the Special Purposes Squad of the Bosnian Army, also known as "Zulfikar", and the 45th Mountain Brigade of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, dubbed "Neretvice", conducted the attack on the village.
During the attack, members of these units allegedly killed 19 civilians and wounded four, including two children aged two and four. On the same day, three Croatian Defence Council, HVO, prisoners of war were killed.
SIPA also searched 17 locations, where they suspected evidence pertaining to the alleged crimes might be found.
Media reports say that the apartment of a former Bosnian Army general, Sefer Halilovic, was searched. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, acquitted Halilovic of charges that he participated in war-crimes committed in the villages of Grabovica and Uzdol during the Neretva 93 military operation.
Media reports suggest that, during the search of Halilovic's apartment, documents related to the crimes committed in Trujina were seized.
