THE HAGUE/ZAGREB, March 8 (Hina) - In the trial of retired Yugoslav Army general Pavle Strugar before the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Monday, prosecutors for the first time presented a protected witness who gave testimony
about the shelling of Dubrovnik on December 6, 1991 and the killing of local photographer Pave Urban.
THE HAGUE/ZAGREB, March 8 (Hina) - In the trial of retired Yugoslav
Army general Pavle Strugar before the UN war crimes tribunal in The
Hague on Monday, prosecutors for the first time presented a protected
witness who gave testimony about the shelling of Dubrovnik on December
6, 1991 and the killing of local photographer Pave Urban.#L#
Responding to questions by prosecutors, the witness, identified as A,
said that there had been no Croatian troops inside Dubrovnik's Old
Town, which is on the UNESCO list of world heritage sites.
The strategy of Strugar's defence counsel is partly based on the
assumption that on December 6, 1991 the Yugoslav Army had only
responded to fire coming from Croatian troops positioned within the
city walls.
Strugar was commander of the Yugoslav Army Second Operations Group,
which also included forces that attacked Dubrovnik. He is charged with
war crimes committed during the attack. The indictment covers the
period from December 6 to 31, 1991.
The prosecutors have presented 25 witnesses since the start of the
trial on December 16, 2003.
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