Bosnia also condemns former Serbian commander for genocide at Srebrenica

These men were detained by Bosnian Serb forces at the building of a school in the village of Rocevic, near Zvornik, and then killed on the banks of the Drina River, writes Anadolu, broadcast the Express newspaper.

Srecko Acimovic, who served as commander of Battalion II, called the Zvornik Brigade, during the war in Bosnia between 1992 and 1995, was found guilty of deliberately offering assistance in the 14 July 15th and 16 July 1995 dates for members of a joint criminal group whose plan was the ban, execution and burial of healthy Bosnian men from Srebrenica.

“objectively offered assistance in executing the plan and carrying out genocide against Bosniaks. The defendant was aware that they would be killed, but he, being aware, committed acts aimed at realising the genocide plan”, says the court ruling.

It says that Acimovici has offered ammunition and ordered that the detainees be transported to the banks of the Drina River, where they were killed and buried near an old factory. On that day, July 15, 1995, 818 men from Srebrenica were killed”, Judge Stanisa Gluhajiq said.

The court estimated that the former Serb commander is also responsible for crimes against Bosnian civilians in the region, which resulted in genocide.

Over 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed in Srebrenica in July 1995 by Serb forces, though that country was named a safe zone by the United Nations. Crime occurred despite the presence of Dutch troops, who were designated as international peacekeeping force.