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B92 | May 17, 2002 | B92
HLC: Belgrade leadership responsible for Strpci abduction
BELGRADE, Friday The Belgrade Rail Company has submitted to court authorities
documentation confirming that top military, police and civilian officials of Serbia and
Yugoslavia knew of the plan to abduct Bosnian Muslim passengers from the
Belgrade-Bar train in 1993 and took no steps to prevent it, the Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law
Center reports today.
The rail company learned of the plan on 28 January 1993 and on 1 February informed the competent
Serbian and federal agencies. The abduction, however, was carried out as planned at 3.50 p.m. on 27
February 1993 at the Strpci railway station, writes the NGO in a press release today.
Serbian and Yugoslav state agencies clearly covered up information on the abduction in order to shield
from responsibility numerous senior officials of the Yugoslav Army, Serbian police and government
bodies, it alleges.
The documentation in question was submitted on May 7 this year to the Bijelo Polje High Court in
Montenegro. It was read out six days later by the court president at the trial of Nebojsa Ranisavljevic,
who stands accused of the abduction of 19 passengers from the train at Strpci and their murder.
The Humanitarian Law Center writes: Disclosure of this documentation is a direct indication that the
abduction of the passengers was planned and carried out with the knowledge of top civilian, police
and military officials of Serbia and Yugoslavia of the day. The Humanitarian Law Center therefore
urges the competent court to institute an investigation to determine the responsibility of officials who
knew of the plan, approved its implementation, or protected those responsible from criminal
prosecution. (B92)
B92 | May 17, 2002 | B92
HLC: Belgrade leadership responsible for Strpci abduction
BELGRADE, Friday The Belgrade Rail Company has submitted to court authorities
documentation confirming that top military, police and civilian officials of Serbia and
Yugoslavia knew of the plan to abduct Bosnian Muslim passengers from the
Belgrade-Bar train in 1993 and took no steps to prevent it, the Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law
Center reports today.
The rail company learned of the plan on 28 January 1993 and on 1 February informed the competent
Serbian and federal agencies. The abduction, however, was carried out as planned at 3.50 p.m. on 27
February 1993 at the Strpci railway station, writes the NGO in a press release today.
Serbian and Yugoslav state agencies clearly covered up information on the abduction in order to shield
from responsibility numerous senior officials of the Yugoslav Army, Serbian police and government
bodies, it alleges.
The documentation in question was submitted on May 7 this year to the Bijelo Polje High Court in
Montenegro. It was read out six days later by the court president at the trial of Nebojsa Ranisavljevic,
who stands accused of the abduction of 19 passengers from the train at Strpci and their murder.
The Humanitarian Law Center writes: Disclosure of this documentation is a direct indication that the
abduction of the passengers was planned and carried out with the knowledge of top civilian, police
and military officials of Serbia and Yugoslavia of the day. The Humanitarian Law Center therefore
urges the competent court to institute an investigation to determine the responsibility of officials who
knew of the plan, approved its implementation, or protected those responsible from criminal
prosecution. (B92)
