OSIJEK, March 10 (Hina) - The trial of Nikola Ivankovic and Enes Viteskic, accused of war crimes against civilians in Paulin Dvor near Osijek in December 1991, resumed at the Osijek County Court on Wednesday with the testimony of a
forensic expert and the reading of statements taken from witnesses in Serbia and Montenegro.
OSIJEK, March 10 (Hina) - The trial of Nikola Ivankovic and Enes
Viteskic, accused of war crimes against civilians in Paulin Dvor near
Osijek in December 1991, resumed at the Osijek County Court on
Wednesday with the testimony of a forensic expert and the reading of
statements taken from witnesses in Serbia and Montenegro.#L#
Expert witness Davor Strinovic said that the death of the victims from
Paulin Dvor was violent and caused by explosives and ammunition, but
that it was difficult to give a more precise description due to the
very poor condition of the remains, which were discovered in a mass
grave near the central town of Gospic.
The two indictees, who were members of the Croatian Army's 130th
Reserve Brigade, are charged with killing, using firearms and hand
grenades and in the company of an unknown number of other
perpetrators, 19 Serb civilians in Paulin Dvor on 11 December 1991.
The court today heard the testimonies of witnesses Velimir Gavrilovic
and Vida Kulas, who testified at the municipal courts in Sabac and
Subotica in Serbia.
The witnesses said that they had not seen the immediate perpetrators
of the crime.
The trial will resume in April.
(Hina) rml sb