RIJEKA, Sept 29 (Hina) - Rijeka County Court investigating judge Sajonara Culina scheduled for October 1 the first hearing in the case of five Gospic residents accused of war crimes committed against civilians, said Mirko Ruzic, an
attorney for the accused. Hearings have also been scheduled for October 5 and 6 and Ruzic believes those accused who are not undergoing medical treatment or some of the witnesses could be questioned at those hearings, with the aim of gathering new evidence. The current situation with the proceedings indicates that the trial will be long and strenuous for the accused, as the defence team presumed, but it will also be strenuous for the court and the defence, said Ruzic, the attorney for one of the accused, Ivica Rozic. The five Gospic residents were arrested in mid-September under suspicion of participating in war crimes against Serb civilians in the Gospic area in 1991. Two o
RIJEKA, Sept 29 (Hina) - Rijeka County Court investigating judge
Sajonara Culina scheduled for October 1 the first hearing in the
case of five Gospic residents accused of war crimes committed
against civilians, said Mirko Ruzic, an attorney for the accused.
Hearings have also been scheduled for October 5 and 6 and Ruzic
believes those accused who are not undergoing medical treatment or
some of the witnesses could be questioned at those hearings, with
the aim of gathering new evidence.
The current situation with the proceedings indicates that the trial
will be long and strenuous for the accused, as the defence team
presumed, but it will also be strenuous for the court and the
defence, said Ruzic, the attorney for one of the accused, Ivica
Rozic.
The five Gospic residents were arrested in mid-September under
suspicion of participating in war crimes against Serb civilians in
the Gospic area in 1991. Two of them are undergoing medical
treatment, one due to complications with diabetes and the other due
to post traumatic stress syndrome.
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