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The Bosnian court upheld the verdict sentencing seven wartime fighters and military policemen to a total of 30 years in prison for the unlawful detention, torture and murder of Serb civilian detainees in Lukavac in 1992.
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Abid Arapcic, Refik Morankic and Ahmet Bajric with lawyer Meris Cato (speaking on the phone). Photo: BIRN.
The Bosnian state court announced on Friday that its appeals chamber has upheld the first-instance verdict finding seven men of guilty of the inhumane treatment, unlawful detention, torture and murder of civilians detained in Lukavac between June and October 1992.
In the first-instance verdict in October 2024, Zijad Srabovic and Refik Morankic were sentenced to six years in prison each, Ahmet Bajric to seven years, Abid Arapcic to five years, and Pasaga Cajic, Samir Dzambic and Mirsad Zilic to two years in prison each.
The verdict stated that Srabovic was the assistant commander for security of the local Territorial Defence force headquarters in Lukavac, Morankic was the commander of a group called Fikina Jedinica (Fiko’s Unit) and of the ‘Slaughterhouse’ detention facility. The other defendants were members of Fiko’s Unit or military policemen.
The original indictment in 2018 alleged that crimes were committed against more than 20 Serb civilians who were unlawfully detained at several locations in Lukavac and the surrounding area.
It said that “the crimes that were committed resulted in severe injuries to the victims. Two prisoners died due to the consequences of the abuse.”
The verdict is now final and cannot be appealed.