SARAJEVO SARAJEVO, Jan 17 (Hina) - The Sarajevo Cantonal Court on Thursday reached a verdict acquitting Vlatko Buzuk a.k.a. Djuta due to lack of evidence. Buzuk was suspected of committing crimes against Bosniaks in the central
Bosnian towns of Kresevo and Kiseljak, defence attorney Nikica Grzic said. Buzuk, who was a member of the Yugoslav national weight lifting team before the war, was arrested at the northern Orasje border crossing in August 2000. He was the only war crime suspect in Bosnia who, despite a recommendation by High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch, was not allowed to defend himself in freedom.(hina) it sb
SARAJEVO, Jan 17 (Hina) - The Sarajevo Cantonal Court on Thursday
reached a verdict acquitting Vlatko Buzuk a.k.a. Djuta due to lack
of evidence.
Buzuk was suspected of committing crimes against Bosniaks in the
central Bosnian towns of Kresevo and Kiseljak, defence attorney
Nikica Grzic said.
Buzuk, who was a member of the Yugoslav national weight lifting team
before the war, was arrested at the northern Orasje border crossing
in August 2000. He was the only war crime suspect in Bosnia who,
despite a recommendation by High Representative Wolfgang
Petritsch, was not allowed to defend himself in freedom.
(hina) it sb