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Verdict pronounced in the Zijad Kurtović case
(30.04.2008. 14:57)

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina found the defendant Zijad Kurtović guilty of the criminal offences of War Crimes against Civilians, War Crimes against Prisoners of War, and Violation of Laws and Practices of Warfare and imposed on him a compound sentence of imprisonment for a term of 11 years.

Zijad Kurtović was found guilty because, in the second half of 1993, as member of protection unit within the Independent Drežnica Battalion of the 4th Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina Corps, in Donja Drežnica, Mostar Municipality, Zijad Kurtović acted contrary to the provisions of the Geneva Conventions. Zijad Kurtović, inter alia, was found guilty because on several occasions during October 1993, the Accused physically and mentally tortured detained Croatian civilians and prisoners of war in the Roman Catholic Church of All Saints in Donja Drežnica.

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