Tomislav Kovac
Bosnian Court Has International Warrants for 41 War Crimes Suspects
The Bosnian state court has given BIRN a list of 41 people who are wanted for trial and are the subjects of international arrest warrants, many of whom are living in neighbouring Serbia.
On the list are several suspects accused of involvement in the 1995 genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica by Bosnian Serb forces, including former Bosnian Serb Interior Minister Tomislav Kovac.
Why Bosnia Can’t Stop War Crime Suspects from Fleeing
On Wednesday however, the Serbian Interior Ministry denied that Savcic had entered the country. The Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina also said he had not been registered as leaving.
By disappearing, Savcic became one of dozens of war crime defendants or convicts who are unavailable to the Bosnian judicial authorities. Most of them are in Serbia.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Official Blames Army Officer for Massacre
Tomislav Kovac, who was deputy interior minister in the Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity in July 1995, when the Kravica massacre happened, told Belgrade Higher Court on Tuesday that Ljubisa Beara, who at the time was the security chief of the Main Headquarters of the Bosnian Serb Army, was to blame for the killings.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Minister Misses Srebrenica Trial Opening
Former Bosnian Serb Interior Minister Tomislav Kovac, charged with genocide for controlling police forces involved in the mass executions of Bosniaks from Srebrenica, did not appear in court for his plea hearing.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Interior Minister Indicted for Genocide
Former Bosnian Serb Interior Minister Tomislav Kovac is accused of controlling the police forces involved in killing around 8,000 Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Minister Charged with Srebrenica Crimes
Former Bosnian Serb Interior Minister Tomislav Kovac was charged with controlling all the police forces involved in the mass executions of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in 1995.