Zdravko Tolimir

The defence lawyer for Dragomir Vasic urged the Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Monday to clear his client of assisting in the forcible resettlement of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995 as well as the capture and execution of men and boys in Bratunac, Srebrenica and Zvornik.

Davor Dragicevic's lawyer, Dragan Tolimir, confirmed to BIRN that he had received the Banja Luka prosecution's decision to discontinue the investigation against him on September 8.

Dragicevic himself said the decision meant little to him, as it has come after a three-year delay. "As far as I am concerned, the decision means nothing to me," he said.

The decision by the UN court in The Hague last month to uphold the life sentence handed down to former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic takes the number of life terms imposed for involvement in the Srebrenica genocide to five.

The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina has accused Ivan Djuric, in his capacity as a member of the Military Police of the Bosnian Serb Army, VRS, of having participated in crimes against Bosniaks and Croats who were unlawfully detained in Luka detention camp in Brcko, northern Bosnia.

"He saw us. I saw him too. He raised his hand, he waved… They went off towards Potocari. I have never seen him again," she said.

Malagic has testified at four trials of Bosnian Serbs military and political officials at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague - the cases against Radislav Krstic, Radovan Karadzic, Zdravko Tolimir and Ratko Mladic.

Retired VRS General Zdravko Tolimir died of natural causes while in the detention unit of the Hague Tribunal (ICTY), the tribunal announced on Friday.

"The life of Mr. Zdravko Tolimir is much more important that any request of the Hague Tribunal," Aleksandar Vucic has said, responding to reporters' questions.

According to the prime minister, who spoke on Thursday in Belgrade, "that is the key question - not whether somebody influenced witnesses."

Former Army of the Serb Republic (VRS) in Bosnia-Herzegovina Gen. Zdravko Tolimir passed away in the night between Monday and Tuesday.

Tolimir died in a prison cell of the Hague Tribunal, the RS Veteran Organization told Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti.

The former intelligence chief of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Main Headquarters, Zdravko Tolimir, who was convicted of the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica, died in the Hague Tribunal’s detention unit.

THE HAGUE - The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has upheld a life sentence for retired Army of Republika Srpska General Zdravko Tolimir for crimes against Srebrenica Muslims in July 1995.