SEVERAL PERSONS SUSPECTED OF CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN BANJA LUKA AREA

The suspects are charged with crimes committed against Bosniak and Croat victims in the Donji Vakuf area in the spring and summer of 1992.

Acting upon an order of a prosecutor from the Special Department for War Crimes, SIPA police officers in the Banja Luka area located, identified and arrested several persons suspected of crimes against humanity.

The suspects are under investigation and are charged with committing the criminal offence of Crimes against Humanity under Article 172 of the BiH Criminal Code in the spring and summer of 1992 in the Donji Vakuf area as members of the police and the Bosnian Serb Army.

They are charged with participating in the unlawful detention of about 150 victims, Bosniak and Croat civilians, whom they tortured, abused, beat, inhumanely treated and to whom they inflicted physical and mental injuries, which resulted in the death of several people and in permanent and severe physical and mental injuries to a large number of detainees.

The suspects will be handed over to the case prosecutor within the legal deadline, in compliance with the security measures due to the Covid 19 pandemic, who will interview them and then make a decision on further activities in the case.