The Extraordinary Chamber of the Court of Appeals in Paris postponed a decision on the extradition of Radomir (Radovan) Šušnjar to Bosnia and Herzegovina today and requested additional information in this case, announcing that a new hearing will be held on 15 April.
This information was confirmed today in a statement to FENA by the former spokesperson of the Hague Tribunal, French journalist and writer Florence Hartmann, who attended the hearing.
Šušnjar, a former Bosnian Serb soldier from Višegrad, is suspected of having participated in the horrific crime “Living bonfire” when more than 70 civilians in Višegrad were burned alive.
In April last year, he was arrested in France, and his lawyers had denied that the name of the arrested is Radomir Šušnjar.
“Šušnjar today used mechanisms that other suspects also used, which are to be put on trial under the law which was not in effect in 1992 at the time when the crime was committed,” explained Hartmann.
Šušnjara, together with Milan and Sredoje Lukić participated in the crime, which became known as the “Living bonfire” in which on 14 June, 1992 in a house in Pionirska Street in Višegrad more than 70 Muslim civilians were captured, among whom were women who had previously been raped, as well as children, and the youngest victim was a baby two days old which failed to even get a name.
They were tortured and burned alive at the end. Eight victims managed to save themselves. Two of the eight surviving victims of the monstrous crimes have died to date.
For this crime, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia sentenced Milan and Sredoje Lukić for persecutions on political, racial and religious grounds, inhumane acts and extermination, as well as murder and cruel torture. Milan Lukić was sentenced to life imprisonment on 4 December 2012 and Sredoje Lukić was convicted to 27 years in prison.
(Soure: Fena)
