The prosecutors have brought to light most of what took place in Dubrovnik despite efforts to cover up that gross violation of international humanitarian law, prosecutor Susan Somers said in her closing statement on Wednesday.
During the trial, which opened in mid-December 2003 and ended in late July this year, the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt all counts of the indictment, and the court can sentence the accused on the basis of individual responsibility for ordering, aiding and abetting crimes, and on the basis of command responsibility for his omission to punish those responsible, she said.
Strugar, 71, is charged with six counts of violations of the laws and customs of war committed during the shelling of Dubrovnik's historical nucleus on December 6, 1991. The shells were fired from the positions of the Yugoslav Army Second Operations Group, which was under his command.
Strugar is accused of murder, cruel treatment, attacks on civilians, destruction not justified by military necessity, attacks on civilian buildings, destruction of religious, historical and cultural sites.
The defence is due to present its closing arguments on Thursday.