BELGRADE BELGRADE, Nov 20 (Hina) - A former Yugoslav Army chief-of-staff, General Zivota Panic, who commanded military operations at the beginning of the 1990s' war in the former Yugoslavia, died in Belgrade on Thursday at the age of
70.
BELGRADE, Nov 20 (Hina) - A former Yugoslav Army chief-of-staff,
General Zivota Panic, who commanded military operations at the
beginning of the 1990s' war in the former Yugoslavia, died in
Belgrade on Thursday at the age of 70. #L#
Panic was frequently mentioned at the trial of former Serbian and
Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, but he was never indicted.
He is one of ten top Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) officers and
members of the civil authorities of Croatian Serb rebels who were
indicted in March this year by the State Prosecutor's Office in
Vukovar County. The indictment refers to crimes against humanity
and international law, committed during the Serbian aggression and
occupation of the eastern town of Vukovar.
Along with Panic, also indicted were Veljko Kadijevic, Blagoje
Adzic, Zvonko Jurjevic, Bozidar Stevanovic, Mile Mrksic, Veselin
Sljivancanin and Miroslav Radic, as well as Vojislav Seselj and
Goran Hadzic.
Four men from the indictment, Seselj and the so-called Vukovar
Three (Sljivancanin, Radic and Mrksic), are standing or awaiting
trial in The Hague.
A video-tape showing Panic offering congratulations on "the
successful" operation in Vukovar was shown at Milosevic's trial on
Wednesday.
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