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INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR THE CRIMINAL OFFENCE OF GENOCIDE
29.12.2025. 09:34
The indictment alleges that in July 1995, as members of the Zvornik Brigade of the RS Army, the accused participated in the capture and forcible imprisonment of more than 829 Bosniak men and boys in the gymnasium of a school in the Roćević settlement in the Zvornik municipality, their transport to the execution site, as well as that they participated in the shooting of the aforementioned prisoners by using firearms at the location of the gravel pit on the banks of the Drina River in the Kozluk settlement. Following the shooting the remains of the victims were moved to several secondary mass graves. The accused are charged with committing the criminal offense of Genocide under Article 171, paragraphs a) and b), of the Criminal Code of BiH, in conjunction with Article 180, paragraph 1, and in conjunction with Article 31 of the same Code.
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).
The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina





