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BalkanInsight (24 February 2023)

Marija Tausan

Three former Croatian Defence Council fighters were sentenced to a total of 16 years in prison for crimes against civilians in the Mostar area in 1993 including unlawful arrests, mistreatment of prisoners and rape.

The Bosnian state court on Friday sentenced former Croatian Defence Council, HVO fighter Nedzad Tinjak to 12 years in prison, Jure Kordic to three years and Drazen Lovric to one year for war crimes against civilians who were illegally detained and mistreated in Mostar in 1993.

Six other wartime HVO fighters were acquitted – Dario Susac, Nuhan Sikalo, Dario Mihalj, Stanko Skobic, Tomislav Ancic and Slavko Golemac.

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