A team of prosecutors from the Special Department for War Crimes brought an indictment against 13 persons, former commanders and members of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are accused of war crimes against victims of Serbian nationality in the town of Jošanica near Foča in December 1992, in which 56 civilians of Serbian nationality were killed, around 10 victims were wounded, and houses, property, agricultural and ancillary facilities were set on fire and destroyed.
The armed attack led by and in which the defendants participated was carried out on an undefended village inhabited by civilians, and among the victims were elderly people, women and children, the oldest victim was an 88-year-old man and the youngest victim was a two-year-old girl. Some of the victims were tortured and killed in an extremely cruel manner.
The accused Ahmet Sejdić, as a brigade commander and member of the TO staff, is additionally charged with crimes in the villages of Klisure, Bursići and Hadrovići in the municipality of Višegrad on August 8, 1992, which were outside the conflict and inhabited by the civilian population of Serbian nationality, where attack killed eight civilians of Serbian nationality, among whom the oldest victim was a 90-year-old woman, one civilian was wounded and three civilians were taken into illegal detention in the area of Višegrad, and houses and buildings were burned and destroyed.
The accused Ferid Buljubasic, as a commander and superior, is additionally charged with war crimes against civilians of Serbian nationality in the villages around Čajnič in February 1993, where during the attack in which ARBIH soldiers came across the territory of Montenegro, in the area of the village of Šapići, Trpinje, Trojan and Ponikve, eleven civilians of Serbian nationality were killed by shooting from automatic weapons, among them were elderly men and women and one child, and five civilians were wounded, and houses and property were burned and destroyed.
The prosecution will prove the accusations by calling more than 400 witnesses and submitting more than 1,200 pieces of evidence.
The defendants are charged with criminal acts: war crimes against the civilian population, violations of laws or customs of war, organizing a group of people and inciting the commission of crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
The accused are: Ferid Buljubasic, born in 1953 in Foca; Ahmet Sejdić, born in 1960 in Višegrad; Rashid Sobo, born in 1965 in Foca; Ševko Glušac, born in 1961 in Foča; Zakir Jamak, born in 1969 in Visegrad; Bahrudin Muhić known as “Bane”, born in 1964 in Visegrad; Adem Fehrić, born in 1962 in Višegrad; Mustafa Poljo, known as “Musa” born in 1965 in Visegrad; Enver Kustura, known as “Pena” born in 1967 in Visegrad; Muhamed Liska, born in 1973 in Visegrad; Sakib Čakar, born in 1957 in Visegrad; Izet Sejdić, born in 1955 in Višegrad and Munir Nalo, born in 1970 in Višegrad, announced the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
