KARLOVAC, Sept 25 (Hina) - The trial of a man accused of destruction, the killing of civilians and prisoners-of-war, and pillage in Slunj and the surrounding area between September and December 1991 began at the Karlovac County Court
on Tuesday. According to the indictment, Miljan Strunjas commanded Veljun's 120-strong territorial defence which attacked and occupied the Slunj municipality, 100 km south of Zagreb. He is held accountable for unprovoked shooting at civilian targets which put up no resistance, and the expulsion of Croats from Hrvatski Blagaj, Donja and Gornja Glina, Pavlovac, Donji and Gornji Niksic, Cerovac, Cvitovica, Marindolsko Brdo, and Gornji and Donji Kremen. When Croats left those villages, Strunjas ordered and approved of the arson and destruction of their houses and the plunder of their property, the indictment reads. It names the victims, the burned villages, the demolished churches, the plunde
KARLOVAC, Sept 25 (Hina) - The trial of a man accused of
destruction, the killing of civilians and prisoners-of-war, and
pillage in Slunj and the surrounding area between September and
December 1991 began at the Karlovac County Court on Tuesday.
According to the indictment, Miljan Strunjas commanded Veljun's
120-strong territorial defence which attacked and occupied the
Slunj municipality, 100 km south of Zagreb.
He is held accountable for unprovoked shooting at civilian targets
which put up no resistance, and the expulsion of Croats from
Hrvatski Blagaj, Donja and Gornja Glina, Pavlovac, Donji and Gornji
Niksic, Cerovac, Cvitovica, Marindolsko Brdo, and Gornji and Donji
Kremen.
When Croats left those villages, Strunjas ordered and approved of
the arson and destruction of their houses and the plunder of their
property, the indictment reads. It names the victims, the burned
villages, the demolished churches, the plundered houses, and the
beaten and intimidated people.
The indictee pleaded not guilty to every count of the indictment.
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