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II Cases
1. First-instance trials
1.1. Ćuška /Qushk
In 2012, the Higher Court in Belgrade heard the case against the following indictees: Toplica
Miladinović, Srećko Popović, Slaviša Kastratović, Boban Bogićević, Zvonimir Cvetković,
Radoslav Brnović, Vidoje Korićanin, Veljko Korićanin, Abdulah Sokić, Zoran Obradović,
Milojko Nikolić, Ranko Momić, Siniša Mišić and Dejan Bulatović, 31 all were charged with
committing a war crime against the civilian population. The court sat for 20 days and 19
witnesses were heard.
Course of proceedings
On 9 September 2010, the TRZ 32 brought an indictment against the following individuals:
Toplica Miladinović, commander of the 177 th VTO in Pec.; the late Nebojša Minić a.k.a ‘Mrtvi’
(Dead man), commander of the first platoon of the 177th VTO which was known as the ‘Šakali’
(The Jackals); members of the ‘Šakali’ – Srećko Popović, Slaviša Kastratović, Zvonimir
Cvetković and Boban Bogićević, other unidentified members of the 177th VTO in Peć, members
of the TO, among whom were Veljko Korićanin and Zoran and Vidoje Jasović, who are being
tried separately 33 , and members of the reserve and active police forces, among whom were
Vidoje Korićanin and Radoslav Brnović, who voluntarily joined the “Šakali” unit. Ranko
Momić, Zoran Obradović, Milojko Nikolić, Siniša Mišić, Siniša Dunđer and Predrag Vuković,
also members of the ‘Šakali’and Veljko Korićanin and Zoran and Vidoje Jasović, also of the
177 th VTO are being tried separately. The indictment alleged that during the armed conflict in
Kosovo, specifically on 14 May 14 1999, the accused carried out an armed attack against the
entire civilian population of the village of Ćuška/Qushk (Peć/Pejë municipality) with the aim of
expelling the Kosovo Albanian population from the area and establishing full control over the
entire territory of Kosovo and creating ethnically cleansed areas. The indictment further alleges
that the accused, during the attack, committed individual and group killings and intimidated and
31 Following the issuing of a separate indictment against Zoran Obradović, Milojko Nikolić, Ranko Momić and
Siniša Mišić, the criminal proceedings against them were merged with those previously initiated against Toplica
Miladinović et al.
32 Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Dragoljub Stanković.
33 The TRZ dropped the charges against Saša Džudović, Vidoje and Zoran Jasović , and on 2 September 2011 the
court issued a ruling dismissing the proceedings against them.
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