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Bozic et al: Murder of civilians

Bozic i ostali

10 September 2008  A statement where Miroslav Deronjic tells the Hague Tribunal that Karadzic told him how all the civilians in Srebrenica have to be killed, is read out at the trial.

In the continuation of the trial of the four former members of the Military police in the Bratunac brigade of the Army of Republica Srpska, the State Prosecution read the statement of Hague convict Miroslav Deronjic.

''I went to Pale on 9th July 1995 in order to talk with Radovan Karadzic. He told me that there is two existing plans for Srebrenica, the first one is entering and the military occupation of the town and the second is the opening of road traffic on the south side. Concerning civilians he said that all of them need to be killed,'' as was written in Deronjic's statement that he gave to The Hague on 25th November 2003.

For the security of the buses in which captured men from Srebrenica were transported and imprisoned in Bratunac school, the prosecution held responsible Zdravko Bozic, Mladen Blagojevic, Zeljko Zaric and Zoran Zivanovic.

At the Hague Tribunal, Deronjic addmited guilt for the crimes committed against people from Srebrenica and was convicted to ten years' imprisonment. He died serving his sentence in a Swedish prison.

Radovan Karadzic's trial should start soon in front of the Hague Tribunal. The former leader of the Bosnian Serbs is indicted for genocide, crimes against humanity and other crimes committed on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In Deronjic's statement that he gave in July 1995, it stands that he was ''a civilian commissar for the
Bratunac and Srebrenica area''. His task was to inform Karadzic about the events in and around the protected enclave of Srebrenica.

''After the fall of Srebrenica on 11th July 1995, Karadzic told me that my task is to meet Ratko Mladic and Muslim representatives in order to consider the possibilities for civilians. I informed him later, that all of the civilians wanted to leave Srebrenica as soon as possible,'' stated Deronjic.

Since the men were separated from the women and children in Potocari and transported and imprisoned in school and in the stadium in Bratunac, Deronjic stated that Ljubisa Beara, from his office, relayed to him an order ''from the top'' to ''kill the prisoners''.

Ljubisa Beara is indicted in Hague Tribunal for crimes committed in the Srebrenica area and Defence evidence procedure is ongoing.

''While Beara was in my office, the meeting was interrupted several times. Among other people Milan Lukic, for which I knew he is known by his murders, was looking for him. I told Beara that there must not be no liquidation of the prisoners and that they will be transported into the prisons,'' stated Deronjic

Milan Lukic, a former leader of paramilitary  ''White eagles'' or ''Avengers'' unit is indicted in front of the Hague Tribunal for crimes committed in the wider area around Visegrad.

After the meeting with the Beara, Deronjic, according to the statement, met Karadzic and informed him that around 20,000 Bosniaks were transported towards Kladanj and that the Military police was conducting this together with one or two UNPROFOR vehicles. He claims he told Karadzic that Beara said all prisoners have to be killed, and he shortly commented, ''all of these soldiers are fools.''

After the meeting, Deronjic stated that the murders occured in Kravica village and that there were bodies and corpses around the Bratunac school.

During the trial, the state prosecution disclosed a couple of addition material evidence out of which the majority refers to documents of the Republika Srpska Army headquarters in which there is data on the humanitarian relief regime for the Srebrenica area.

The trial continues on 11 September.