On 8 June 2026 the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina delivered a Trial Judgment in the criminal case against the accused Milodrag Glušac et al., finding the accused Slobodan Knežević, Zdravko Panić and Trivo Vukić, in the sentencing part of the Judgment, guilty of the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity under Article 172(1)h) as read with Subparagraph a), of the CC BiH, all in conjunction with Article 180(1) CC BiH, and Zdravko Panić and Trivo Vukić also in conjunction with Article 29.

The Court sentenced the accused as follows:

• the accused Slobodan Knežević to 10 years of imprisonment;
• the accused Zdravko Panić and Trivo Vukić to 15 years of imprisonment each.

The time the accused spent in pre-trial custody under previous decisions of the Court of BiH shall be credited towards their respective prison sentences.

The accused were found guilty that, in or about the period from 27 to 30 July 1992, within a widespread and systematic attack by the army and police of the Serb Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, subsequently Republika Srpska, directed against the Bosniak and Croat population of the Prijedor municipality, namely the town of Prijedor and the surrounding villages of Rizvanovići, Hambarine, Zecovi, Čarakovo, Rakovčani, Bišćani, Sredice, Briševo, Kozarac, Kozaruša, Ljubija, Ravska, and other settlements in that municipality adjacent to the aforementioned settlements in the territory of the Prijedor municipality, which widespread and systematic attack took place in the period from April to September 1992 in the territory of the Prijedor municipality, knowing about such an attack and that their actions were part of that attack, the accused Slobodan Knežević in his capacity as a member of the military police of the 43^rd Prijedor Brigade, and the accused Zdravko Panić and Trivo Vukić in their capacity as members of the Miskoglav Company of the 6^th Ljubija Battalion of the 43^rd Prijedor Brigade, acting with discriminatory intent on ethnic, religious and political grounds, carried out persecution by killing Bosniak civilians in such a way that the accused Slobodan Knežević, on or about 27 July 1992, in the morning hours, in the frontyard of the Miska Glava Community Center in Miska Glava, as a member of the military police who was guarding at least 112 Muslim civilians who had been unlawfully deprived of their liberty and detained in the aforementioned center the previous day, after one of the three civilians who were in front of the center and who had been entrusted to the care and supervision of N.M. started running towards the nearby forest, the accused Slobodan Knežević approached N.M., took the rifle from his hands and pointed it at that unidentified civilian, and shot him, thus killing him, while in the morning hours of 28 July 1992 the accused Zdravko Panić and Trivo Vukić, together with P.M. and R.Ž, arrived in front of the Miska Glava Community Center where at least 112 Muslim civilians were detained, and, armed with firearms, entered the Center and took aside 11 civilians, tied their hands with wire, and then led them towards the Panići settlement while hitting them all along, where they were shot and killed from firearms. In 2016, the bodies of these civilians were found in a mass grave at the Hozića Kamen location.

Conversely, in the acquittal part of the Judgment, pursuant to Article 284 c) CPC BiH, the accused Milodrag Glušac, Ranko Babić, Ranko Došenović, Milorad Obradović and Milan Vukić are acquitted of the charges, for it was not proven that by the acts described in the acquittal part of the Judgment they committed the criminal offense they were charged with – Crimes against Humanity under Article 172(1)h) as read with Subparagraphs a), d), e), f) and k), and Articles 180(1) CC BiH.

Pursuant to Article 283(1)e) CPC BiH, charges were dismissed in relation to Count 3 of the amended Indictment, which charged the accused Milorad Obradović with the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity under Article 172(1)h) as read with Subparagraphs a), d), e), f) and k) and Article 180(1) and Article 29 CC BiH.

Having pronounced the Judgment, pursuant to Article 132(1)a) CPC BiH, the Court issued a Decision remanding the accused Slobodan Knežević, Zdravko Panić and Trivo Vukić in custody, which under the Decision may last for a maximum of 9 (nine) months running from the day of arrest, or until the Court issues a new decision.