RIJEKA, Feb 25 (Hina) - Testifying in the war crimes trial of the so-called Gospic Group, the head of public security of the Gospic police in 1991, Zeljko Bolf, said on Monday he did not attend the so-called deadly meeting and did not
participate in executions of civilians, as some previous witnesses had claimed. Bolf told a panel of judges at the Rijeka County Court that until 1991 he had been employed in state security. After Ivan Dasovic was appointed head of the Gospic police, Bolf said he became "a nobody... a mere figurehead," while Dasovic made all the decisions. This was why he was forced to leave Gospic, a town in central Croatia, he said, adding he was apprehended in Zagreb in late 1991 and interrogated by the police about events in Gospic for three days. Before writing a report on those events, Bolf said he was subjected to psychological torture and blackmailed with threats concerning his family. Speaking about
RIJEKA, Feb 25 (Hina) - Testifying in the war crimes trial of the so-
called Gospic Group, the head of public security of the Gospic
police in 1991, Zeljko Bolf, said on Monday he did not attend the so-
called deadly meeting and did not participate in executions of
civilians, as some previous witnesses had claimed.
Bolf told a panel of judges at the Rijeka County Court that until
1991 he had been employed in state security. After Ivan Dasovic was
appointed head of the Gospic police, Bolf said he became "a
nobody... a mere figurehead," while Dasovic made all the
decisions.
This was why he was forced to leave Gospic, a town in central
Croatia, he said, adding he was apprehended in Zagreb in late 1991
and interrogated by the police about events in Gospic for three
days. Before writing a report on those events, Bolf said he was
subjected to psychological torture and blackmailed with threats
concerning his family.
Speaking about that report, Bolf said he was advised about what to
write, that it was "half-dictated" and contained nothing he wrote
from his own knowledge.
Representatives of the damaged parties in the proceedings showed
him a notebook with dates from October 1991 and notes about the
interrogation of "suspicious people", inspections of basements in
which the Serb residents of Gospic stayed, and the listing of local
Serbs. During investigation Bolf said the notebook was his, but
today claimed he wrote only some of the notes and could not remember
what they were about.
The panel of judges adjourned the main hearing until tomorrow
morning after Bolf complained of not feeling well.
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