Branislav Trišić, Zoran Tanasić and Žarko Milanović, who were convicted of war crimes committed against the civilian population in Janja, have begun serving their prison sentences, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina said.
The Court confirmed for Detektor that Milan Đokić and Mladen Krajišnik, who were convicted in the same case, submitted requests for a postponement of the execution of the sentence.
Đokić and Trišić were convicted of crimes against civilians and sentenced to three years each, and Tanasić, Milanović and Krajišnik to two years each.
By the same verdict, Savo Mršić, Milivoje Čobić and Milan Marković were acquitted of all charges.
The judgment from June 2023 was confirmed.
In the earlier statement of the Court, it is stated that – during the armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the second half of September 1992 to the first half of 1994 – Trišić, as an operative of the Bijeljina National Security Service, and Tanasić, Milanović and Krajišnik, as policemen, tortured civilians of Bosniak nationality. Đokić, in his capacity as the commander of the Station Department of the Janja militia, was convicted of aiding torture.
Đokić was found guilty of failing to prevent others from abusing civilians brought in for questioning about weapons. Trišić was convicted of beating three civilians with a metal rod and hands, and Tanasić of beating two civilians. The verdict found that Milanović and Krajišnik hit one civilian each.
