Savic: Murder in Pusin do
09 October 2008 Prosecution witnesses speak about leaving Drinsko village and the killing of their dearest ones in Pusin do forest, which is charged upon the indictee.
Witnesses Ramiza Mustafic and Medina Guso recalled how they lost their
close family members on May 23, 1992.
They said that their male family members were among the
ten men from Zeljace hamlet, in Visegrad municipality, who were killed.
On that day Ramiza lost two brothers and her husband while
Medina lost her two sons. Their bodies were found in Pusin do forest in 2006.
After having been identified, they were buried in Drinsko village, Visegrad
municipality.
The two witnesses accuse Momir Savic for the death of their dearest ones.
They said that Savic, who was accompanied by four other soldiers, "took the ten men
to Pusin do forest", adding that they heard shooting after that.
The State Prosecution charges Savic, who was accompanied by Dragan Savic
and a few other soldiers, with having taken Bosniak civilians from their houses,
interrogated and beaten them, and then took them to Pusin do forest and killed
them.
The indictment alleges that Savic was member of the Uzice Corps with the
former Yugoslav National Army, YNA, prior to becoming commander of the Third
Squad of Visegrad Brigade with the Republika Srpska Army, VRS.
"Indictee Momir, Dragan Savic and two more soldiers came to our house.
They told my husband to come with them. On their way they gathered eight other
men from the village and took them towards the forest. I watched them until they
disappeared in the woods," Ramiza Mustafic said, adding that she then "heard
shooting".
The witness said that she saw "Dragan or Momir Savic" hitting Medina
Guso, because she asked them not to take her children away.
Medina Guso said that the persons, who took her children away, were
dressed in camouflage uniforms, adding that they were "fully armed".
"I begged Momir and Dragan not to take my sons. Dragan hit me so hard
that I started bleeding. I fainted," Guso recalled, adding that this was the
last time she saw her sons, who were born in 1960 and 1965.
Guso said that, prior to having been taken away, her sons had attended "a
meeting in Drinsko village", at which witness Fadil Salic was present as well.
Salic said that indictee Momir Savic designated him as "a
Muslim leader", who was supposed to inform Drinsko village residents about the
meeting at which they were expected to express their "loyalty to the Serbian
state" or leave their homes.
The following day all Bosniaks, including Salic, were
deported from Drinsko.
The
trial is due to continue on October 14.
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