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Sakic: Indictment confirmed

30 July 2008 The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has confirmed an indictment for crimes committed in the Vrbanja settlement in Bugojno.

The State Court has confirmed the indictment against Slavko Sakic, former member of the Croatian Defence Council, HVO, who is charged with crimes against civilians in Bugojno.

The indictment alleges that Sakic, as member of the "Garavi" Special Purpose HVO Unit, participated in the capture of Bosniak civilians from Bugojno in July 1993. The civilians were then detained in the basement of the Aquarium motel in Vrbanja settlement.

The Prosecution considers that, while the civilians were captured, Sakic "searched them and forcibly took their money and jewelry away." It is also alleged that he participated in torture of detained Bosniaks from July 17 to July 28, 1993.

Sakic is charged with having taken one civilian from "Aquarium" motel in late July 1993. In August 1993 the civilian was found dead below a bridge in Vrbanja settlement.

The indictee has been held in custody since May 18 this year, when the State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA, arrested him in Livno. Citing the reasons for the custody motion, the Prosecution mentioned the possibility that he might attempt to escape, due to the fact that Sakic has Croatian citizenship and the fact that he tried to hide his true identity by telling the investigative organs that his name was Anto.

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