SPLIT, April 21 (Hina) - The Split County Court on Thursday turned downappeals by five former police officers against a decision to launch aninvestigation into war crimes committed against prisoners of war inthe military prison of
Lora in Split in 1992, court officials said.
SPLIT, April 21 (Hina) - The Split County Court on Thursday turned
down appeals by five former police officers against a decision to launch an
investigation into war crimes committed against prisoners of war in the
military prison of Lora in Split in 1992, court officials said. The
five police officers, already charged with war crimes in Lora, are suspected of
having tortured about 30 Bosnian Serb POWs, members of paramilitary units and
the former Yugoslav People's Army.
Three prisoners allegedly died as a result of the torture.
The former police officers under investigation are Ante Gudic, Tonci
Vrkic, Andjelko Botic, Tomislav Duic and Emilijo Bungur.
Gudic, Vrkic and Botic have been in detention since last September,
while Duic and Bungur are on the run.