Nikola Vein is a Serb from Zrmanja near Obrovac, and Fuer is a Hungarian from Donji Srb.
On November 26, 2006, Vein was arrested in downtown Zadar with an explosive device in his possession, and Fuer was arrested in Obrovac while attempting to escape. Both men have been in custody since then.
Both indictees said at today's hearing that they understood the indictment, and pleaded not guilty.
The panel of judges then heard two witnesses, members of the Zadar County Police Department who spotted and arrested Veina on November 26, as well as a witness who testified about Fuer's arrest.
Under the indictment, on November 26, Veina and Fuer set out from Srb in a car carrying an explosive device with 254 grams of plastic explosive. The indictment charges them with planning to hand over the device to an unidentified person.
They were aware that by activating the explosive device they could threaten security in Zadar, and cause power and water shortage as well as sewage problems, County Prosecutor Ivan Galovic said.
The indictees were aware that they were threatening Croatia's internal security and that they could have caused a chaotic situation for at least a half of the residents of Zadar. With their actions, they created conditions for an act of anti-state terrorism, Galovic said.
The explosive device with a magnet and a mobile phone for remote activation was found on Vein and confiscated, while Fuer brought it in his car to Zadar.
Vein's defence counsel today requested that two experts from the Zagreb Forensic Centre testify at the trial, a motion that was accepted by the panel of judges, who scheduled the next hearing for March 21.