Persons indicted

Rank(s) of person(s) indicted

lower military

Indictment date

10/09/2014

Case stage

Pursuant to its ruling of 6 July 2016, the Higher Court in Belgrade - War Crimes Department dismissed the Indictment.

Duration of proceedings since trial commencement

2 years 8 months

Witnesses examined

20

Date and outcome of the first instance verdict

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Date and outcome of decision on appeal

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Date and outcome of verdict in new trial

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Criminal offence

war crime against civilian population under article 142 (1) re article 22 of the FRY Criminal Act

Background facts

According to the indictment allegations, the accused, AA, was involved in the same crime as the one accused in Bihać I (see the related case). Charges against AA - at the time soldier of the Republic of Srpska's Army (RSA) - also included the killing of 5 Bosnian Muslim civilians in the surrounding villages within that same day. On 23 Septembar 1992, AA, accompanied by a group of RSA soldiers - members of the Rajinovac Company, launched an attack on the Muslim civilian population in village Duljci, municipal area of Bihać, BH. Using their firearms and knives, the soldiers took the lives of 18 civilians and inflicted long-term injuries on another. Shortly following the massacre, the victims' bodies were set on fire. Earlier that day, AA took part in another killing campaign in the surrounding villages, which resulted in the deaths of of 5 Muslim civilians.

Procedural remarks

Having pleaded guilty to the charges, four co-perpetrators were convicted in a separate case heard before the Cantonal Court in Bihać, BH.
Two suspects deceased in the course of proceedings.
The Court in Bihać also instituted proceedings against BB, but due to his unavailability to the BH authorities, the case was referred to the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor.