Crime in the Medak Pocket (defendant Velibor Šolaja)

Trial against Velibor Šolaja, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.

INDICTMENT (SUMMARY)

The ŽDO Zagreb’s Indictment charges Velibor Šolaja that in September 1993 in the village of Čitluk, during the “Pocket 93” Military Action, he committed a war crime against civilians by killing one unidentified elderly female person.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Zagreb County Court

Case No.: 7 K-rz-23/12

War Crimes Council (judges’ panel): judge Ivan Turudić, Council President, judges Zdenko Posavec and Ratko Šćekić, Council Members

Indictment: No. K-DO-84/12 issued by the Zagreb ŽDO on 31 August 2012.

Prosecution: Jurica Ilić, Zagreb County Deputy State’s Attorney

Criminal offence: war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120 § 1 of the OKZRH

Defendant: Velibor Šolaja

Defence counsel: Nenad Škare and Silvije Petrović, lawyers practising in Zagreb

Victim – killed: unidentified female person