Five previous police officers were founded guilty of abusing Bosniak civilians in the north-eastern town of Janja from 1992 to 1994 throughout the Bosnian war. This post is likewise offered in this language: Shqip Bos/Hrv/Srp The Bosnian state court. Picture: BIRN. The Bosnian state court on Thursday sentenced ex-policemen Milan Djokic and Branislav Trisic to 3 years in jail each and Zoran Tanasic, Zarko Milanovic and Mladen Krajisnik to 2 years each for dedicating a war criminal offense versus Bosniak civilians. In the first-instance decision, the court discovered the 5 offenders guilty of abusing the Bosniak civilians in the Janja location in the duration from 1992 to 1994. Djokic was condemned on 4 sub-counts, in his capability as leader of the police headquarters in Janja, for stopping working to avoid others from abusing the civilians who had actually been apprehended for questioning about weapons. Trisic was founded guilty of battering 3 civilians with a metal stick and his fists, and Tanasic of battering 2 civilians. The court discovered that Milanovic and Krajisnik each struck one civilian. “The court discovered specific mitigating situations in favour of the accuseds, therefore bying far a sentence that is listed below the legal minimum,” stated administering judge Zeljka Marenic. 3 other accuseds, Savo Mrsic, Milivoje Cobic and Milan Markovic, were acquitted of all charges. The trial started in June 2016, and at first consisted of 3 more accuseds. 2 of them, Vlado Stjepanovic and Ljubisa Ikic, have actually passed away, while another, Zoran Bogdanovic, is incapable of standing trial due to disease. Thursday’s decision can be appealed.
Bosnia Convicts Serb Ex-Policemen of Torturing Civilians
