EXHUMATION OF MORTAL REMAINS OF A VICTIM FROM THE PAST WAR CARRIED OUT IN THE TERRITORY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ŠEKOVIĆI

An exhumation was carried out at the site of Bačkovac, in the Municipality of Šekovići, under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and incomplete mortal remains of one person were found.

The mortal remains will be transported to the Memorial Ossuary in Miljevići, in Istočno Sarajevo /East Sarajevo/, where forensic, as well as criminal and technical analysis will be performed 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 an Investigator of the Special Department for War Crimes of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whereas officers of the BiH Institute for Missing Persons, an expert forensic pathologist and police officers of the Police Station in Šekovići were also participating in the process of finding and exhuming the mortal remains.

The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with institutions involved in the process of tracing missing persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina, continues its activities in the process of conducting exhumations and finding missing persons in all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.