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THE EXHUMATION PROCESS IS CARRIED OUT IN THE AREA OF PRIJEDOR UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH
08.04.2024. 15:35
An investigator of the Special Department for
War Crimes is located at the location of Donja Dragotinja in the municipality
of Prijedor, where she is coordinating the work of authorised officers involved
in the process of exhumation of the remains by order of the prosecutor in
charge.
So far, the remains of at least four people have been found in the said locality, which, according to the collected and available information, are assumed to belong to victims of Bosniak ethnicity.
Representatives of the Institute for Missing Persons (IMO) of BiH, the International Commission for Missing Persons (ICMP) to BiH, a forensic medicine doctor, necessary workers and machinery, and police officers of the Police Administration Prijedor are present at the exhumation.
The found remains will be transferred to KIP Šejkovača, near Sanski Most, for further forensic-medical analysis and identification of the victims through DNA sample analysis.
The exhumation process will continue tomorrow.
*Note on the principle of presumption of innocence
Dear Media Representatives, when transmitting news please bear in mind that persons referred to in the news and information of the BiH Prosecutor's Office, have the status of a suspect or an accused person. Let us remind you of the principle of presumption of innocence, which defines that no person shall be considered guilty until his/her guilt has been established by a final verdict.
Dear Media Representatives, when transmitting news please bear in mind that persons referred to in the news and information of the BiH Prosecutor's Office, have the status of a suspect or an accused person. Let us remind you of the principle of presumption of innocence, which defines that no person shall be considered guilty until his/her guilt has been established by a final verdict.
