SPLIT: FORMER POLICEMEN ACCUSED OF WAR CRIMES GO ON TRIAL JUNE 10

SPLIT, May 15 (Hina) - The trial of seven former military policemen accused of war crimes at Split's military port Lora in 1992 will start on June 10. #L# Judge Slavko Lozina, who will chair the panel of judges to conduct the trial, said the first witness to testify in the trial was Mihael Budimir, a former commander of the military police's 72nd platoon. Budimir's testimony is one of the testimonies the indictment is based on. Also to testify in the trial are 15 witnesses from Serbia who have already been questioned in investigative proceedings. They have requested protection during the trial, but it is not known how many of them will testify. The seven indictees have been in custody since last September. The indictment against the seven was issued by former county prosecutor Mladen Bajic in March this year. The former policemen are accused of killing two and inflicting serious physical injuries on several other Serb civilians at the Lora military prison. (hina) rml