ZAGREB/THE HAGUE, Jan 9 (Hina) - A former member of the Croatian special police testified about the killing of civilians and former Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) attacks on the Dubrovnik area at the continuation of the trial against
former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Thursday.
ZAGREB/THE HAGUE, Jan 9 (Hina) - A former member of the Croatian
special police testified about the killing of civilians and former
Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) attacks on the Dubrovnik area at the
continuation of the trial against former Yugoslav President
Slobodan Milosevic at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague on
Thursday. #L#
Robert Hausvicka from Mokosica near Dubrovnik described the
killing of seven of his fellow villagers during a JNA attack on
October 7, 1991.
According to his testimony, on that day nine civilians were killed
in Mokosica, and seven were killed in front of the entrance to a
shelter where they wanted to hide from shells and mortars.
Seven counts of the indictment against Milosevic accuse him of
attacks on civilian targets in the Dubrovnik region.
The witness also took questions from the prosecution about the
torture he had been subjected to after JNA soldiers captured him in
the village of Podbrezje on October 27 the same year.
Hausvicka said he had mostly been beaten by soldiers in JNA
uniforms, but by civilians as well, including women.
Hausvicka is currently a vice-president of the Association of
Prisoners of Serbian and Montenegrin Concentration Camps.
His testimony continues on Friday morning when the defendant will
cross-examine the witness.
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