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SARAJEVO, May 19 (FENA) - In May 1992, Bosniak civilians previously captured in the town or surrounding villages, as well as on the road to Pljevlja while trying to escape the war, were killed at the Mostina hunting lodge near Čajniče.
The Association for Social Research and Communications (UDIK) reminds of the published compilation of works "War Crimes in Čajniče - the Verdicts" which documents the verdicts of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for crimes committed against civilians in Čajniče and its surroundings.
The court sentenced Milorad Živković, Milun Kornjača, Milosav Jovanović, Marijan Jovanović and Slavko Jovanović to the sentences from six to eleven years in prison. Duško Tadić and Stevo Jovanović were acquitted.
In 2015, the court confirmed the indictment against Duško Kornjača, charging him with the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity, but he is still inaccessible to the judicial authorities, UDIK reminds.
According to the data of the Institute for Missing Persons of BiH, a total of 138 missing persons were reported in the area of Čajniče. To date, 90 victims have been found and identified. So far, the remains of 68 exhumed men and 22 women have been handed over to their families. The fate of another 48 people from Čajniče, who are still being searched for, is completely unknown.
The largest grave covering the bodies of Bosniaks from Čajniče is the grave in Mostina, from which the remains of 18 victims were exhumed in September 2002.
The youngest victim in that mass grave was Zlatko Bukva. He was only 19 at the time he was murdered. The town of Mostina, in addition to this one, hid six other mass graves from which the bodies of a total of 60 victims were exhumed.
UDIK appeals to all competent institutions to work more intensively on finding the remains and prosecuting those responsible for these war crimes.
(FENA) S. R.
