BELGRADE, March 15 (Hina) - Some of the 50 witnesses proposed by the Special Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes in the trial of six people charged with committing war crimes at the Ovcara farm near the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar
in 1991, are citizens of Croatia, Belgrade District Court registrar Sonja Prostran said on Monday.
BELGRADE, March 15 (Hina) - Some of the 50 witnesses proposed by the
Special Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes in the trial of six people
charged with committing war crimes at the Ovcara farm near the eastern
Croatian town of Vukovar in 1991, are citizens of Croatia, Belgrade
District Court registrar Sonja Prostran said on Monday.#L#
"We do not want to reveal the identity and origin of the witnesses for
now for their own safety," Prostran told the Beta news agency, adding
that there was a possibility of witnesses being heard via video link
if the necessary equipment was procured.
Spokesman for the Special Prosecutor's Office Bruno Vekaric expressed
satisfaction with the start of the trial, adding that it was expected
that the accused would deny their involvement in the crimes against at
least 192 civilians from Vukovar and that he expected the outcome of
the trial to be favourable to the prosecution.
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