Former HVO member Edin Sakoc faces charges of sexual abuse and participation in murders in the Capljina area of Bosnia.
At the trial of four ex-policemen accused of involvement in a deadly raid in the Capljina municipality in July 1993, a prosecution witness testified about the capture of Bosniaks during the operation.
Edin Sakoc, a former member of the Croatian Defence Council, was charged with the rape and murder of Serbs in the Pocitelj and Capljina areas during wartime.
Testifying at the trial of four defendants charged with crimes in the municipality of Capljina, two state prosecution witnesses said people were taken away from villages in the vicinity of Capljina to the Gabela detention camp in July 1993.
Edin Sakoc, a former member of the Croatian Defense Council (HVO), has been extradited from the United States due to suspicions that he committed war crimes in Pocitelj and Capljina.
Testifying at the trial of four former Bosnian Croat fighters accused of war crimes committed in the municipality of Capljina, prosecution witnesses said they surrendered after hiding in the woods from Croat armed forces. They said they surrendered to protect themselves and were taken to the Gabela detention camp.
Testifying at the trial of four former Bosnian Croat police and military officials charged with crimes in the municipality of Capljina, prosecution witnesses described how people were apprehended in Pocitelj and taken to the Gabela detention camp in July 1993.
Testifying at the trial of four former members of Bosnian Croat police forces charged with crimes in the Capljina area, a prosecution witness said he found out his son was killed while he was detained in a Bosnian Croat detention camp.
A state prosecution witness testifying at the trial of four former Bosnian Croat policemen confirmed she heard that police officers from the Capljina police station killed her husband.
Testifying at the trial of four former members of Croat police forces, a protected state prosecution witness said the defendants arrested him in Veledarova Mahala and took him to the Gabela detention camp in July 1993.
At today’s hearing of the Nikola Zovko, Petar Krndelj, Kreso Rajic and Ivica Cutura trial, the defense teams cross-examined a witness who said he was beaten by approximately 30 soldiers in the Capljina police station.