In its motion for custody, the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH alleges that there is grounded suspicion that the suspect, as a member of the Military Police Unit of the Bratunac Light Infantry Brigade of the Army of the Republic of Srpska, planned, ordered, instigated, perpetrated and supported the commission of criminal offences within a wide and systematic attack on the Bosniak population in Srebrenica in July 1995. In his motion, the Prosecutor alleges that, on 12 and 13 July 1995, the Suspect participated in the organised separation of men from women and children in Potočari. Further, the motion alleges that on 13 and 14 July 1995, together with other individuals, the Suspect secured the Vuk Karadžić elementary school in Bratunac, where unarmed civilians were unlawfully held captive and where 6 of them were killed. According to the motion, on 14 July 1995, the Suspect and Željko Zarić singled out 3 unarmed civilians who were held captive in the school in Grbavci, and executed them.
On the basis of the evidence submitted, the Court concluded that there was grounded suspicion that the suspect had committed the criminal offence of Crimes against humanity. Further, the Court ordered custody having found that the evidence pointed to the existence of a risk of flight and a risk that the suspect, if released, would interfere with the course of the criminal proceedings.
