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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
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
