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Djukic: Shocking moments

Novak Djukic

01 July 2008  Four witnesses, who survived the massacre at Kapija in Tuzla, describe the chaos that followed the explosion.

Four new witnesses, who appeared before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, recalled the events that happened in Tuzla on May 25, 1995, when 71 persons were killed and about 240 were wounded.

"At that moment I sensed a shocking hit in my chest. I saw some intense light and then it became dark. I was wounded in my legs. I saw people lying there, without showing any sign of life. Those were the shocking moments," Damir Tucakovic said.

The Prosecution considers that Novak Djukic, former commander of the Ozren Tactical Group with the Republika Srpska Army, ordered the Artillery Squad, situated on mount Ozren, to shell Tuzla, using M46 cannons. The indictment alleges that one artillery projectile hit the downtown area, also known as Kapija.
 
Witness Azra Kapetanovic was sixteen, when she was wounded in her stomach at Kapija. She recalled how, following the explosion, she managed to reach a nearby coffee shop, which was "the only light she saw there." When she got there she called her father, who came and drove her to a hospital.

Azra Mitrovic was also wounded in Tuzla on that day.

"They drove me to the hospital. I had a feeling that all Tuzla citizens gathered in front of the Gradina hospital. They were all looking for somebody. The hospital corridor was covered with blood and the corpses were piled up there. I felt as if I were trampled. I heard news about the killed and the wounded. Many names of people and children were mentioned. I could not believe that it had happened to us," Mitrovic said.

At this hearing Ahmed Isic testified as well. He said that, on May 25, 1995 he was lightly wounded and he managed to drive his brother Muhamed and "three or four other people" to the hospital.

"I was the first one who reached the Gradina hospital. After that others started bringing more wounded people. We wrapped the dead in blankets and we piled them up in the corridor. I saw my friend Samir, whose legs were cut off. In some way he saved me, because he stood right in front of me and 'absorbed' all the shrapnel. He died in the hospital," Isic said.

The trial of Novak Djukic is due to continue on July 8, when new Prosecution witnesses will be examined.