Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia Charges Croat Ex-Military Policeman with Beatings, Rape
The District Court in Doboj has confirmed an indictment charging Ante Pavic, a former military policeman with the Croatian Defence Council, the Bosnian Croat wartime force, with war crimes against civilians.
Families of Missing from Bosnian War Plead for Action
Marko Grabovac, president of the Association for the Search for Missing Persons in Bosanski Brod Municipality, told BIRN that none of the 80 people who disappeared in the Brod area in northern Bosnia during the war and are still missing have been found in the past two years.
Forgotten Victims: Serbs Targeted in Bosnia-Croatia Border Village Killings
On that same day in Traktorska Street in Sijekovac, a village near the northern Bosnian town of Bosanski Brod, where Milosevic still lives, soldiers and members of paramilitary groups, some of which consisted of locals Croats and Bosniaks, killed his father Luka and two brothers, Zeljko and Dragan, who was 17. Zeljko's body has never been found.
14 months in jail for torture and murder of Serb civilians
Explosion Shakes Bosnian Refinery
The explosion occurred around 9:30 pm local time at the Russian-owned refinery in the northern Bosnian town of Brod, the local authorities announced on Tuesday night.
According to Brod's mayor Ilija Jovicic, several workers were injured in the event but are not in danger. The explosion was followed by a huge fire that firefighters are trying to contain.
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Former HVO Fighter Charged With War Crimes
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina has filed an indictment against Almaz Nezirovic for war crimes in the northern Derventa and Bosanski Brod municipalities.
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Ailing Bosnian Oil Firm Flogs Assets to Raise Cash
Optima Group, the leading oil company in Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska, has started selling its assets in an apparent attempt to deal with growing indebtedness, raising fears that the Russian investor is preparing to bail out.
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‘Kind’ Bosnian Croat Jail Guard ‘Helped Prisoners’
The first defence witness at the trial of Josip Tolic, charged with abusing Serb prisoners in Odzak and Bosanski Brod, said the defendant saved him from a beating while he was in detention.
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Remains of Serb war victims found
SARAJEVO - The remains of several people, believed to be Serbs killed in 1992, have been found in the Bosnian municipality of Brod in north-eastern Republika Srpska, the prosecutor's office of Bosnia and Herzegovina said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Bosnian Fighter Demands Bosanski Brod Killings Acquittal
Former Croatian Defence Forces fighter Zemir Kovacevic is not guilty of killings, looting and the illegal detention of Serb civilians in the village of Sijekovac in 1992, his defence said.