Mahmutović: Bakira and I defended Hartmann, but the police also took me in

Writer and journalist Muhamed Mahmutović today in front of the Hague Tribunal building used his body, together with the mothers of Srebrenica and other associations, to shield Florence Hartmann, the former spokeswoman of the Hague Prosecution, from the police, reports the Patria news agency.

-We were snatching her from the police as long as we could. Someone told them she had come in front of the building, and they suddenly appeared while she was giving a statement to the media. At first there were few police officers, and we shielded her with our bodies.

Bakira Hasečić and I fought as long as we had the strength to snatch her from the hands of the police officers. Then more of them came, and we were powerless. They literally carried us away with her. They also took me in, and after checking my identity they released me, Mahmutović said exclusively for the Patria news agency.