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MORTAL REMAINS OF A VICTIM FROM THE PAST WAR FOUND AT EXHUMATION IN BRATUNAC
09.11.2021. 11:26On a prosecutor’s order, an investigator of the Special Department for War Crimes is attending the Golo Brdo-Vrela site, Bratunac municipality, where he is coordinating the work of authorised officers carrying out the process of exhumation and search for the mortal remains of missing persons.
Skeletal remains of human origin, more specifically of an elderly male person, were found at the site, which will be sent for further forensic medical processing and the process of establishing identity through DNA analysis. The exhumation site is also attended by representatives of the Institute for Missing Persons, a doctor-pathologist of forensic medicine, as well as police officers from the PS Bratunac, who are securing the site.
During the day, the exhumation process will also continue at the Voljevica site, Bratunac municipality.
*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).
