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Year of the incident:
1995
Bratunac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vuković, Radomir
Outcome:
Role:
Member of the 2nd Detachment of the Šekovići Special Police, Ministry of Interior RS.
Convicted of:
Genocide, by killing members of a group (accessory)
Factual basis:
Between the 12 and 13 July 1995, together with other members of the Šekovići Special Police of the Republika Srpska MUP and together with other members of the VRS and RS MUP, at the section of the Bratunac-Konjević Polje road in Sandići, Bratunac Municipality, Vuković participated in keeping the road passable so that Bosniaks could be transported by buses and trucks without obstruction, they secured the road, closing and opening it for traffic in line with the plan to forcibly transfer Bosniak women, children and elderly. Furthermore, after he participated on 13 July 1995 in the capturing of a large number of Bosniak males, and in the afternoon of that same day, he took part in escorting the captured Bosniak men from the village of Sandići to the warehouse of the Farming Co-operative in Kravica where they were imprisoned with other Bosniak males who had been transported by bus to the warehouse, the total number of whom exceeded one thousand. The accused, knowing that the population was forcibly removed and that the detained Bosniak men would be executed, together with other members of the 2nd Detachment of the Šekovići Special Police of the Republika Srpska MUP, killed the majority of the captives; Vuković participated in the execution of the prisoners by throwing hand grenades at them.
First Instance Verdict
Date:
22/04/2010
Court:
Court of BiH, Criminal Division
Note:
Sentenced to 31 years of imprisonment.
Second Instance Verdict
Date:
17/12/2015
Court:
Court of BiH, Appellate Division
Note:
Sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment (On 27/10/2015 the Constitutional Court of BiH partially quashed the Second instance verdict of 25/01/2012 (Court of BiH, Appellate Division) by which Vuković was sentenced to long-term imprisonment of 31 years.
Tomić, Zoran
Outcome:
Role:
Member of the special police force of the Republika Srpska
Acquitted of:
Zoran Tomić was acquitted of intending to exterminate a part of a group of Bosniaks, and of causing their anguish by forcible transfer and separation of men from their families, capturing and executing them, as a member of the special police force, together with others, as a knowing participant of the joint criminal enterprise in the period from 10 July to 19 July 1995, in which the RS Army and the RS MUP carried out a widespread and systematic attack against members of the Bosniak people in Srebrenica.
First Instance Verdict
Date:
22/04/2010
Court:
Court of BiH, Criminal Division
Note:
Sentenced to 31 years of imprisonment.
Second Instance Verdict
Date:
25/01/2012
Court:
Court of BiH, Appellate Division
Note:
Acquitted of all charges