Indictment confirmed in the case v. Sakib Mahmuljin

07.01.2016, 10:01
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed on 31 December 2015 the Indictment under which the Accused Sakib Mahmuljin is charged with the criminal offense of war crimes against prisoners of war, war crimes against wounded and ill and war crimes against civilians.

 

The Indictment alleges that during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the armed conflict between the Army of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska  Army in the territory of Zavidovići Municipality, the Accused Sakib Mahmuljin, in the capacity as Commander of the 3rd Corps of Army of RBIH, within which El Mudžahidin detachment was operative, in the course of 1995 military operation of the Army of RBIH in the broader area of Zavidovići and Vozuća  wherein members of El Mudžahidin detachment committed war crimes against Serb prisoners of war and civilians,  failed to undertake actions to prevent the said crimes although he had information that members of the Detachment were preparing to commit them, and failed to take any action in order to punish perpetrators after the crimes were committed.