THE HAGUE/ZAGREB, Dec 17 (Hina) - On the second day of the trial of retired Yugoslav Army general Pavle Strugar before the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Wednesday, the prosecution presented its first witness, Adrian Paul
Stringer, who was a member of the European Commission monitoring mission in Croatia during the time covered by the indictment.
THE HAGUE/ZAGREB, Dec 17 (Hina) - On the second day of the trial of
retired Yugoslav Army general Pavle Strugar before the UN war
crimes tribunal in The Hague on Wednesday, the prosecution
presented its first witness, Adrian Paul Stringer, who was a member
of the European Commission monitoring mission in Croatia during the
time covered by the indictment. #L#
Strugar is charged with nine counts of violations of the laws and
customs of war, killings, cruel treatment, attacks on civilians,
and the destruction of religious, cultural and historical sites in
Dubrovnik in December 1991.
Stringer answered in the negative when asked by one of the
prosecutors if he had seen armed men, trenches, permanent military
positions or bunkers in Dubrovnik.
The defence asked for the duration of hearings to be limited to two
hours a day owing to the poor health of the accused.
The trial will continue on Thursday.
(hina) vm sb