A protected witness known as S said he saw Nihad Bojadzic seize a knife from a Bosnian Army member attacking a prisoner of war, and had asked him “why did you do it?”
In its closing statement, Bosnia’s state prosecution requested that a guilty verdict be handed down against former Bosniak fighters Mensur Memic, Dzevad Salcin, Senad Hakalovic, Nedzad Hodzic, and Nihad Bojadzic.
At today’s trial hearing, a former member Bosnian Army soldier says that defendant Nihad Bojadzc left Jablanica before his alleged crimes took place.
Closing statements in the Trusina war crimes trial have been postponed in order for the court to evaluate the mental health of defendant Nedzad Hodzic.
A Defence witness says that he used to see Nihad Bojadzic, who is charged with crimes in Jablanica, on Mount Igman in July 1993 during the conflicts between the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ABiH, and Republika Srpska Army, VRS.
As the trial of Nihad Bojadzic for crimes in Jablanica continues, the Defence presents material evidence referring to conditions in which Croat detainees were held in “The Battle of Neretva” Museum.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in Jablanica, a Defence witness says that he used to see indictee Nihad Bojadzic on Mount Igman in the second half of July 1993.
A former member of the “Zulfikar” Unit of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ABiH, says, testifying at the trial for crimes in Trusina, Konjic municipality, that he witnessed the shooting of Croat men in that village.
A witness said his own investigation showed that Nihad Bojadzic, former deputy commander of the Bosnian Army’s Zulfikar Squad, wasn’t near Trusina when more than 20 Bosnian Croats were killed.
Testifying at the trial of Nihad Bojadzic, a Defence witness says that an investigation he conducted in the summer of 1993 in relation to the rape of a Croat girl in Jablanica did not reveal the perpetrator.
The Trial Chamber accepts a revised indictment by the State Prosecution in the case against Mensur Memic, Dzevad Salcin, Senad Hakalovic, Nedzad Hodzic and Nihad Bojadzic for crimes committed in Trusina, near Konjic.
At the trial for crimes in Trusina, near Konjic, the Defence of the indictees request the Trial Chamber to be allowed to present additional evidence and to order a new expert examination of indictee Nedzad Hodzic.