RIJEKA, July 17 (Hina) - Rijeka County Court investigating judge Ika Saric, who presides over the trial of retired general Mirko Norac and four other persons accused of war crimes against civilians in the Gospic area in central
Croatia, said on Tuesday new hearings would very probably not be held in July and certainly not during August. The Croatian Supreme Court yesterday received appeals by the indictees' defence attorneys against a court ruling on the extension of their detention and it is difficult to expect that the next hearing could take place before the end of July due to lack of time, judge Saric said, adding this was not a definite plan. The trial of general Norac and the four other indictees started on June 25 with two hearings having been held so far. Retired General Norac, Colonel Milan Canic, Tihomir Oreskovic, Stjepan Grandic and Ivica Rozic are charged with the execution of a group of Serb and Cro
RIJEKA, July 17 (Hina) - Rijeka County Court investigating judge
Ika Saric, who presides over the trial of retired general Mirko
Norac and four other persons accused of war crimes against
civilians in the Gospic area in central Croatia, said on Tuesday new
hearings would very probably not be held in July and certainly not
during August.
The Croatian Supreme Court yesterday received appeals by the
indictees' defence attorneys against a court ruling on the
extension of their detention and it is difficult to expect that the
next hearing could take place before the end of July due to lack of
time, judge Saric said, adding this was not a definite plan.
The trial of general Norac and the four other indictees started on
June 25 with two hearings having been held so far.
Retired General Norac, Colonel Milan Canic, Tihomir Oreskovic,
Stjepan Grandic and Ivica Rozic are charged with the execution of a
group of Serb and Croat civilians at Pazariste and Lipova Glavica
near Gospic and the abduction and execution of three Karlobag
residents.
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