BELGRADE: OVCARA WAR CRIMES TRIAL HELD IN CLOSED SESSIONBELGRADE, Sept 1 (Hina) - The second day of the trial of 17 personsaccused of war crimes against Croatian prisoners of war committed atOvcara outside Vukovar, which resumed at
Belgrade's special war crimescourt on Tuesday, was held behind closed doors again, and according tounofficial information, insider witnesses will be heard over the nextthree days while witnesses from Croatia are scheduled to take thestand after that.
BELGRADE, Sept 1 (Hina) - The second day of the trial of 17 persons
accused of war crimes against Croatian prisoners of war committed at Ovcara
outside Vukovar, which resumed at Belgrade's special war crimes court on
Tuesday, was held behind closed doors again, and according to unofficial
information, insider witnesses will be heard over the next three days while
witnesses from Croatia are scheduled to take the stand after that.According to Belgrade radio B92, an insider witness, who began
testifying on Tuesday, cited the names of the indictees, spoke in detail of
events that had taken place in front of the Vukovar military barracks and at
Ovcara, and of the execution of at least 192 Croatians captured by Serb
paramilitary troops, supported by the then Yugoslav People's Army (JNA).
The witness repeated almost everything he had told investigators during
the pre-trial investigation, and said he was sincerely shaken by and regretted
all that had happened at Ovcara.
So far all 17 indictees have pleaded not guilty to the murder of 192
Croatian prisoners of war who were captured in November 1991.
The trial started on 9 March 2004.
The trial was postponed on August 25 due to a doctor's report according
to which one of the accused was not physically fit to stand trial.