Six years in prison for beating and death of a civilian of Croatian nationality

(Patria) - The Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, based on the indictment of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of Tuzla Canton, issued a final convicting verdict for Fikret Mrkonjić (65) from Banovići for the criminal offense of
war crimes against the civilian population (under Article 142, paragraph 1 of the adopted Criminal Code of the SFRY) and sentenced him to 6 years in prison.

By the indictment of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of Tuzla Canton, Mrkonjić was charged with, during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a member of the Military Police of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in September 1993 in Banovići
participating in the beating of a civilian of Croatian nationality. The victim was struck multiple times with sticks and kicked in the head and body behind a commercial building in Banovići,
with Mrkonjić also participating, resulting in the cessation of breathing and death of this person on the same day.

Thus, the aforementioned acted contrary to the rules of international law during wartime, and
by violating the provisions of the Geneva Convention on the protection of civilian persons during wartime and the Additional
Protocol on the protection of victims of non-international armed conflicts, participated in the murder of a civilian.