Mladic's Scything Gesture Meant "Execution" – Witness
“I was only following orders, but I took part in a horrible crime,” convicted army officer tells tribunal.
“I was only following orders, but I took part in a horrible crime,” convicted army officer tells tribunal.
Questioning focuses on what senior police officer saw, knew and did as mass killings began.
Two out of three judges find that defendants did not aid and abet crimes by paramilitaries in Croatian and Bosnian wars.
Crimes were “not random acts of a few unruly soldiers”, but deliberate tactics to carve out Croat statelet from Bosnia, judges say.
Colonel Mirko Trivic was part of the forces that captured Srebrenica in July 1995.
Witness Dane Katanic was local government official who met Radovan Karadzic after Srebrenica fell to Bosnian Serb army.
Summary of his evidence says he will say Bosnian Serb leader was not "antagonistic" towards Muslims and Croats.
In appeals hearing, Vlastimir Djordjevic accepts blame, but asks judges not to hold him responsible for all crimes.
Prosecutors challenge credentials of ballistics expert who argues Bosnian Serbs were not responsible for Sarajevo shell attacks featured in indictment.
Witness describes reassurances from Bosnian Serb commanders.