Bosnian Train Massacre Defendant Dies Before Retrial Gets Underway

Bosnian Train Massacre Defendant Dies Before Retrial Gets Underway
BalkanInsight_logoJovan Lipovac, one of four Serb ex-fighters being prosecuted in Belgrade for involvement in the abduction and execution of 20 non-Serb passengers seized from a train at Strpci in Bosnia in 1993, died before the first hearing in his retrial.

Belgrade Higher Court confirmed to BIRN that proceedings against former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Jovan Lipovac, who was one of four ex-fighters on trial in the long-running Strpci train massacre case, have been discontinued because of his death on February 25.

Lipovac was on trial alongside alleged former paramilitaries Gojko Lukic, Dusko Vasiljevic and Dragana Djekic for participating in the abduction of 20 non-Serb passengers from a train in Strpci station in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1993. All the captive passengers were subsequently killed.


Dossier: “Svetozar Andrić”

Dossier: “Svetozar Andrić”

Online razgovor SLIKA EN - 17During the armed conflict in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Svetozar Andrić served as the commander of the 1st Birač Infantry Brigade of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), and, after July 1995, as the Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Drina Corps of the VRS.

The evidence presented in this Dossier indicates that, from May 1992, when Andrić ordered the “expulsion of the Muslim population” from the Zvornik municipality and the establishment of the Sušica camp in Vlasenica1, members of the Birač Brigade, independently or in cooperation with other military and police units, committed numerous crimes in municipalities within the brigade’s zone of responsibility. The Dossier also presents evidence of Svetozar Andrić’s role in the genocide committed in Srebrenica in July 1995.


EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Presentation of the dossier “Svetozar Andrić”

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Presentation of the dossier “Svetozar Andrić”

Online razgovor SLIKA EN - 17On Wednesday, February 28, 2024, Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) will present its sixteenth dossier titled “Svetozar Andrić” (Dossier). The presentation will take place in the large hall of the Media Center in Belgrade (Terazije 3, 2nd floor), starting at 12 PM.

Svetozar Andrić, former major in the Yugoslav People’s Army, served as the Commander of the First Birač Infantry Brigade of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) from May 1992 and as the Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Drina Corps of the VRS from July 1995. The dossier presents evidence of war crimes committed in the area of responsibility of the units commanded by Svetozar Andrić.


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