CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN DOKMANOVIC CASE JUNE 25 - ICTY

( Editorial: --> 2104 ) ZAGREB, June 18 (Hina) - The Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague will hear the closing arguments of the defence and the prosecution in the Slavko Dokmanovic case most probably on Thursday June 25, an ICTY statement said Thursday. A former president of the Vukovar, eastern Croatia, Municipal Assembly, Dokmanovic is charged with two counts of grave breaches of the Geneva Convention, two counts of violations of the laws and customs of war and two counts of crimes against humanity. During Dokmanovic's mandate as mayor of Vukovar, members of the former Yugoslav People's Army and Serb paramilitary units removed from the city hospital 260 men, who were later taken to nearby Ovcara and killed, the ICTY statement said. Dokmanovic first appeared before the tribunal July 4, 1997, seven days after his arrest, when he pleaded not guilty. His trial began January 19 this year. (hina) ha jn 181331 MET jun 98