OSIJEK, Dec 12 (Hina) - The Osijek County Court on Thursday ruled that Enes Viteskic (1969) and Nikola Ivankovic (1959), suspected of committing a war crime against civilians in Paulin Dvor in 1991, remain in custody for another 60
days. The two have been in custody for three months.
OSIJEK, Dec 12 (Hina) - The Osijek County Court on Thursday ruled
that Enes Viteskic (1969) and Nikola Ivankovic (1959), suspected of
committing a war crime against civilians in Paulin Dvor in 1991,
remain in custody for another 60 days. The two have been in custody
for three months. #L#
Court president Ninoslav Ljubojevic said the investigation against
the two was underway.
The two suspects were taken to the Osijek County Court
investigating centre on September 14.
Acting in line with criminal charges filed by the county police on
September 14, the county prosecution on the same day filed a request
for an investigation against Ivankic and Viteskic. The two are
charged with having murdered, with the help of still unidentified
persons, 19 Croatian Serb civilians in Paulin Dvor on December 11,
1991.
It is suspected that Viteskic and Ivankic, who at the time were
members of the Croatian Army's 130th reserve brigade, and on the day
the crime was committed were off duty, killed the civilians in a
house in Paulin Dvor using firearms and bombs.
The remains of the 18 Serb civilians from Paulin Dvor were
discovered by the investigators of the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in a mass grave near
Gospic in May this year. It is suspected that the remains were
secretly transferred to the Rizvanusa site outside Gospic, while
one body was discovered near Paulin Dvor.
(hina) rml