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Savic: Living together no longer possible

26 August 2008  The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina examines two witnesses, who speak about the departure of Bosniaks from Drinsko village in May 1992.

Prosecution witness Suhra Guso said that she had known Momir Savic before the war broke out, adding that she met him in front of the police station in Visegrad in May 1992, when she went there "to ask if her son was in that building".

"He approached me and asked me why I was crying. I told him I did not know where my son Mirso was. After having checked something in the building, he told me not to cry, as Mirso was in the police station. He said Mirso would come back home that night, but he never came," Guso said.

The indictment alleges that Momir Savic, as member of a paramilitary formation and then also commander of the Third Squad with the Visegrad Brigade of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, participated in the deportation, capture, beating, murder and rape in the wider area around Visegrad in the course of 1992.

Guso left Drinsko village on May 23, 1992. She said that on that day Momir Savic invited all Muslims to gather at the graveyard, telling them that they had to leave Drinsko, as "this was no longer Muslim, but Serbian land". He allegedly told them that he would not be able to protect them when "another army" came.

As indicated by Guso, a few days later in Dusce village she saw "Momir's soldiers" again, when they attacked the village and deported all Muslims to Visegrad.

"I recognised Momir from behind. On that occasion his soldiers separated men and women. They took us women to Visegrad. Some men, who were separated from us, disappeared. They have never been found," Guso said.

Second witness Latifa Hodzic left Drinsko on May 23, following "the meeting" with indictee Savic.

"Those who were present there said that his name was Momir Savic, but he was better known as 'Vojvoda' ('Duke'). He told us that it was no longer possible for us to live together and we should leave Drinsko," Hodzic said.

In the course of cross-examination Hodzic said that Savic never "did any harm" to her personally. She said that she saw him shortly before she was captured, adding that he "greeted her in a nice way" on that occasion.

The trial is due to continue on September 15, 2008.