
26 February 2010
The State Court has ordered one month custody to Vlastimir Golijan, Zoran Goronja and Stanko Savanovic, arrested by the Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA, on suspicion that they committed genocide in the Srebrenica area in 1995.
The State court has orderd custody against three former members of the 10th Reconnaissance Squad with the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, having found that the suspects might influence witnesses and accomplices, and would pose a realistic threat to public order.
"In relation to the suspect Savanovic the Court ordered custody given that there are circumstances that suggest the risk of flight on the part of the suspect", states the Court decision.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina suspects that the three men "were direct executors of the shooting and killing of Bosniak men and boys" and participated in the murder of more than 1,000 victims after the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995.
According to the State Prosecution's announcement, the suspects were arrested at various locations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also says that Stanko Savanovic was registered under the name of Stanko Kojic.
Until now, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has sentenced six former members of the Second Special Police Squad from Sekovici to a total of 181 years in prison "for having assisted in the commission of genocide" in Srebrenica. The State Court has also rendered a first instance verdict sentencing Milorad Trbic to 30 years in prison for genocide committed in Srebrenica.
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