The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
EXHUMATION OF VICTIMS FROM THE PAST WAR CARRIED OUT IN ROGATICA MUNICIPALITY
22.01.2014. 14:57
The found mortal remains will be transported to Goražde, where forensic analysis will be performed, the cause of death will be determined and bone samples will be taken for the DNA analysis in order to establish the victim’s identity.
The exhumation process was coordinated in the field by a Legal Officer of the Special Department for War Crimes of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, whereas representatives of the BiH Institute for Missing Persons, an expert forensic pathologist and police officers of the Rogatica Police Station participated in the process of exhumation.
The Prosecutor's Office of BiH, along with institutions involved in the process of tracing missing persons in BiH, continues its activities in the process of conducting exhumations and finding missing persons in all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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