Serb death footage sent to Hague
Krajina exodus
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An estimated 200,000 Serbs fled Krajina in 1995
Serbian prosecutors have sent a video allegedly showing the murder of a Serb
man by Croatian soldiers to the Hague International War Crimes Tribunal.
The video was allegedly made during a Croatian attack on the self-declared Serb
republic of Krajina in 1995.
The footage appears to show the murder of a Serb civilian whose hands were
raised in surrender.
Croatia has denied involvement and suggested a military unit from
Bosnia-Hercegovina was to blame.
Bosnia-Hercegovina prosecutors are investigating the amateur video, which was
broadcast on Friday by Belgrade-based B92 TV station.
The Croatian interior ministry has also been asked to investigate.
Serbian President Boris Tadic said the Croatian government should make it their
priority to punish war crimes.
"I expect and demand from all political structures in Serbia and other regional
structures to work on punishing war crimes because this is a precondition for
establishing normal and good-neighbourly relations," he said.
The republic of Serb Krajina was a self-proclaimed entity in Croatia, lasting
from 1991 to 1995, until a Croat offensive known as Operation Storm brought it
under their control.
The military operation forced the exodus of about 200,000 Serbs who fled into
Bosnia and Serbia.
Hundreds of Serb civilians were killed - mostly elderly people who stayed on
after their families had left.
In 2001, General Ante Gotovina was indicted by the Hague tribunal for alleged
crimes committed by Croatian forces during Operation Storm.
Former Croatian General Ante Gotovina, who led the offensive, is being tried at
The Hague in relation to the killing and forced eviction of ethnic Serb
civilians.
He was captured in December after spending four years in hiding.
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