RIJEKA, June 19 (Hina) - Wednesday's hearing in the trial of the so-called "Gospic Group" before the Rijeka County Court was not held due to principal indictee Tihomir Oreskovic's high blood pressure.
RIJEKA, June 19 (Hina) - Wednesday's hearing in the trial of the so-
called "Gospic Group" before the Rijeka County Court was not held
due to principal indictee Tihomir Oreskovic's high blood pressure.
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Drazen Jurkovic, head of the Gospic crisis centre in 1991 and
government commissioner for Gospic, was to continue his testimony
today. Jurkovic said yesterday it seemed to him that the crisis
centre for the central Croatian region of Lika had been headed by
Oreskovic and not its actual head Ante Karic. He said that at the
time he did not know about the abduction and killing of civilians
and added that he found out about it in the media.
Ante Karic was supposed to testify after Jurkovic. In a letter to
late President Franjo Tudjman, which was read out during the trial,
Karic accused Oreskovic of taking complete control over the Gospic
region. He also mentioned Oreskovic as the main organiser of the
abduction and killing of civilians.
The two witnesses will testify on August 12.
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