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Serb Army ex-soldier Radomir Šušnjar pleads not guilty to Višegrad war crimes

FENA Press release

SARAJEVO, August 24 (FENA) - Former Bosnian Serb soldier Radomir Šušnjar, charged with participating in the murder of 57 people in the Višegrad area in 1992, pleaded not guilty on Friday before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The indictment, read out by prosecutor Seid Marušić, alleges that on June 16, 1992, or around that date Radomir Šušnjar, along with Milan and Sredoje Lukić, armed with automatic rifles, arrived in a house in Pionirska Street in Višegrad to which Bosniak civilians had been previously brought from the village of Koritnik.

The prosecutor said that Milan and Sredoje Lukić, threatening to kill the civilians, seized their money, golden items and other valuables, after which Šušnjar searched the civilians to make sure they did not keep any items with them and then they forced them into another house.

“He pushed the last civilians and locked the door. After that Milan Lukić threw in the room an incendiary explosive device, which caused a fire in the house. Šušnjar threw in a hand grenade, and they all fired around the house to prevent the civilians from fleeing,” the prosecutor said, reports BIRN – Justice Report.

He also said the remains of the killed persons had never been found; several people survived the massacre, however.

The International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, ICTY, previously sentenced Milan Lukić to life imprisonment for crimes committed in Višegrad, including the murders in Pionirska Street, among others. Sredoje Lukić was sentenced to 27 years.

Šušnjar is suspected of being a part of Milan Lukić’s group.

When asked by the Court whether he understood the indictment, Šušnjar said: “Yes, I understand it, but I am not the one.”

The defense did not present its introductory statement.

During a status conference held just before the trial started, it was said that the prosecution planned to examine 17 witnesses and expert witnesses, including, as prosecutor Marušić explained, eyewitnesses to the murders.

The indictment against him was confirmed in October last year. Šušnjar was extradited from France in June.

The trial will continue on September 6 with an examination of the first prosecution witness.

(FENA) S. R.

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