SIPA Operation: Seventh Suspect Arrested for War Crimes in Sanski Most

Officers of SIPA and the Border Police, acting on an order from the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, have identified and arrested another suspect as part of activities and arrests of suspects for war crimes in the Sanski Most area in 1992, the Prosecutor's Office of BiH announced, as reported by the Patria news agency.

 

Following yesterday's operation and the arrest of six suspects in the area of Bosanska Gradiška and Laktaši, one person was unavailable as they had left their place of residence.

In subsequent activities, the suspect Ranko Došenović, son of Miloš, born in 1958 in Sanski Most and residing in Prijedor, was arrested.

During the day, he will be handed over to the prosecutor in charge, who will question the suspect and then decide on further steps.

The arrested individuals are under investigation and are suspected of acting contrary to the provisions of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions in the Sanski Most area in the summer of 1992, in their capacity as members of the police and the VRS, and of committing the criminal offense of war crimes against the civilian population.

The suspects are charged with torture, abuse, beatings, and inflicting severe physical and psychological injuries on victims of Bosniak ethnicity in the Sanski Most area in the summer of 1992.