Bosnia Charges Serb Ex-Soldier with Persecuting Civilians

The Bosnian state prosecution on Thursday indicted Marko Kovac, as commander of the Bosnian Serb Army's Foca Tactical Group, with participating in the persecution of civilians in Foca in 1992 and 1993, and failing to take measures to punish other perpetrators as their superior officer.

"As part of the persecution, several hundred civilians were unlawfully detained at detention facilities in the Penal and Correctional Facility, secondary school centre and Partizan sports hall in Foca, the local population was tortured, forcibly resettled and deported, more than 190 people were killed and forcibly disappeared, rape and other inhumane acts of a similar nature were committed, while houses, property and cultural-historical and religious facilities were burned and destroyed," the state prosecution said in a statement.

The indictment has been sent to the state court for confirmation.