If five of the eight indictees who are still unavailable to the police are not arrested by that time, they will be tried in absence, as was the case with three indictees during the first trial in the "Lora" case in 2002, the source said.
Judge Tonkovic received the file from the Supreme Court two days ago and started studying it.
The same source said that the Split County Prosecutor's Office would change some parts of the indictment in line with the Supreme Court's ruling quashing the acquitting verdict of the court of first instance, and amend the "imprecise and inconclusive parts", which defence counsel have warned about as well.
This refers to the part of the indictment which alleges that "all indictees" are responsible for war crimes against civilians and the death of two prisoners at Split's naval port Lora , and the imprecisely formulated part of the indictment in which Split is referred to as an area of war operations.
Three indictees, Tonci Vrkic, Ante Gudic and Andjelko Botic, arrested seven days ago, are in custody at Split's Bilice prison.
Arrest warrants are expected to be issued soon after the other indictees - the principal indictee Tomislav Duic, Josip Bikic and Miljenko Bajic, who were at large during the first trial as well, and after Davor Banic.
According to unofficial information, indictee Emilijo Bungur suffered a shock during a recent attempt to arrest him and is in hospital.
Defence counsel for the accused have protested against the recent showing of Nenad Puhovski's documentary "Lora - Testimonies", calling it an attempt to exert pressure on the judiciary.