According to the non-final verdict the Vukovar County Court delivered on Thursday, the accused, who were each given a sentence of seven years in prison, were members of units taking sides with the Yugoslav People's Army in 1992 and they knew that their victims were of Croat origin when they perpetrated the crime in the night between 3 and 4 April 1992.
VUKOVAR, March 8 (Hina) - Two men, Michael Husnik and Kasim Hekic, were found guilty of war crimes, including rape and sexual assault, committed against civilians in Vukovar in 1992: an 18-year-old girl and her younger sister who was
only six years old.
VUKOVAR, March 8 (Hina) - Two men, Michael Husnik and Kasim Hekic,
were found guilty of war crimes, including rape and sexual assault, committed
against civilians in Vukovar in 1992: an 18-year-old girl and her younger
sister who was only six years old.
(Hina) ms