Muslim Brigade Commander Convicted for Killing Wounded HVO Commander
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The INDICTMENT directly charged him with having shot and killed HVO commander Zvonko Rajić on January 26, 1993, after the Bosnian Army had captured Dusina.
Šerif Patković, the wartime commander of the Second Battalion of the 7th Muslim Brigade of the so-called Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was sentenced by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to 10 years in prison for a war crime against prisoners in January 1993 in the village of Dusina near Zenica.
Patkovic defended himself during the evidence by claiming that at the time Rajic was killed he was not close to that place or that he had briefly stayed in Dusina in passing.
The indictment directly charged him with having shot and killed HVO commander Zvonko Rajić, who was lying wounded on the ground, on January 26, 1993, after the Bosnian Army had captured Dusina.
The indictment directly charged him with having shot and killed HVO commander Zvonko Rajić, who was lying wounded on the ground, on January 26, 1993, after the Bosnian Army had captured Dusina.
Sud Bosne i Hercegovine u petak je nepravomoćno proglasio krivim za ratne zločine nad pripadnicima pukovnika, osuđen je jer je potkraj siječnja 1993. godine u selu Dusina na području tadašnje općine Zenica, kao zapovjednik 2. bataljuna 7. muslimanske brigade Armije BiH postupao protivno pravilima međunarodnog humanitarnog prava i odredbama Ženevske konvencije o postupanju s ratnim zarobljenicima.
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