A Bosnian courtroom convicted 5 Serbs for killing dozens of Muslim Bosnians, together with girls and kids in 1992.
The perpetrators have been sentenced to between 5 and 20 years in jail.
The Bosnian State Court sentenced Ilija Zoric to a most of twenty years behind bars after he was discovered responsible of collaborating within the bloodbath of 29 girls and kids who had taken refuge in a home within the village of Zecovi close to the northwestern city of Prijedor.
Six out of 11 former army and cops who have been on trial since 2015 have been acquitted and none of them was current when the decision was learn out at first occasion, in line with an AFP journalist.
The bloodbath within the village of Zecovi was dedicated on July 25, 1992, on the third day of a “clean-up” operation within the village, through which at the least 150 inhabitants have been murdered, in line with the prosecutor’s workplace.
The stays of thirty-two civilians killed have been by no means discovered, Judge Saban Maksumic mentioned.
After the ladies and kids had “orderly” left the home, “Ilija Zoric and several other people mowed them down with a hail of bullets,” the choose defined.
“Only one 15-year-old child, who had hidden in a nearby house, survived”, he added.
This survivor, Zijad Bacic, now 46, testified within the trial.
His 10-year-old sister, his two brothers aged 12 and 16, and his mom have been killed.
“To be honest, I’m partly happy with this verdict. I saw this criminal Ilija Zoric and I’m pleased that the court has accepted my testimony,” Bacic advised reporters after the decision was learn.
The commander of an organization of Serbian forces on this space, Dusan Milunic, was sentenced to 12 years in jail.
He was discovered responsible of getting organized “the operation to clean up the village,” along with the pinnacle of a reserve police unit, Radomir Stojnic, who died in 2022.
Three different members of the items concerned within the operation have been sentenced to five, 8 and 14 years in jail for the murders of 4 different civilians.
Fikret Bacic, whose 6-year-old daughter, 12-year-old son and 32-year-old spouse have been killed within the capturing, is “bitter” as he’s nonetheless looking for their stays.
“This verdict means nothing to me. I expected the prosecutor’s office and the court to find out about the mass graves”, he mentioned.
The Bosnian struggle (1992-1995) claimed virtually 100,000 lives. The stays of seven,600 victims are nonetheless being sought.
Source: www.dailysabah.com