THE HAGUE, March 1 (Hina) - The chief prosecutor with UN's war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Carla del Ponte, has filed an indictment for attacks on the southern Croatian port of Dubrovnik and the surrounding area in 1991, the
tribunal said on Thursday.
THE HAGUE, March 1 (Hina) - The chief prosecutor with UN's war
crimes tribunal in The Hague, Carla del Ponte, has filed an
indictment for attacks on the southern Croatian port of Dubrovnik
and the surrounding area in 1991, the tribunal said on
Thursday.#L#
The text of the indictment and the names of the accused have not been
disclosed. The tribunal says in a statement that at this moment it
can be confirmed that several individuals have been accused of
serious breaches of the Geneva conventions of 1949 and of breaches
of the laws and customs of war committed during attacks ex-
Yugoslavia's federal army launched on the Dubrovnik area from Oct.
1 to Dec. 31, 1991.
The specific breaches making up the 16-count indictment include
murders, cruel treatment, attacks on civilians, destruction
without military grounds, illegal attacks on civilian targets, the
destruction of historical monuments, ruthless destruction of
villages, and plundering public and private property.
Chief prosecutor del Ponte issued the indictment on Feb. 22, while
Judge Patricia Wald confirmed it on the 27th.
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