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Republic of SerbiaOffice of the War Crimes ProsecutorHIGHER COURT IN BELGRADEWAR CRIMES DEPARTMENT18 June 2012Pursuant to my authority under article 331 (1) re articles 333 (2) and 43 (2.5) of theCriminal Procedure Code; and articles 3 and 4 of the Act on the Organization andCompetence of State Authorities in War Crimes Proceedings, I raise thisI N D I C T M E N TAgainst:PETAR ĆIRIĆ, a.k.a. “Pero“, ak.a. “Pero Cigan“, born on 07/06/1968 in Vrbas; citizenof the Republic of Serbia; official criminal record: convicted before the District Courtin Novi Sad and currently serving his sentence in the Correction Centre SremskaMitrovica, pursuant to ruling no. K-287/06, rendered by that Court,BECAUSE:In the period between the afternoon of 20 November and early morning of 21November 1991, at a farm called Ovčara outside Vukovar, in the then Republic ofCroatia – part of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), acting asa member of the Vukovar Territorial Defence force (TO) operating within the thenYugoslav Peoples Army (JNA); in the course of the ongoing armed conflict in thatregion, which did not have an international character, this accused committedserious breaches of international law, namely of the following acts:- Articles 3 (1a) and 4 (1), (2) and (3) of the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to theTreatment of Prisoners of War (Geneva Convention III), ratified by the FPRYNational Assembly of the Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia (FPRY) in 1950;and- Article 4 (1) and (2.a) of the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Convention on theProtection of Victims of Noninternational Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), adopted on08 June 1977 (SFRY Official Gazette no. 16/18, International Contracts).Acting together with the following members of his unit: Miroljub VUJOVIĆ, Stanko1
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<strong>Republic</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Serbia</strong><strong>Office</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>War</strong> <strong>Crimes</strong> <strong>Prosecutor</strong><strong>HIGHER</strong> COURT IN BELGRADEWAR CRIMES DEPARTMENT18 June 2012Pursuant to my authority under article 331 (1) re articles 333 (2) and 43 (2.5) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Criminal Procedure Code; and articles 3 and 4 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Act on <strong>the</strong> Organization andCompetence <strong>of</strong> State Authorities in <strong>War</strong> <strong>Crimes</strong> Proceedings, I raise thisI N D I C T M E N TAgainst:PETAR ĆIRIĆ, a.k.a. “Pero“, ak.a. “Pero Cigan“, born on 07/06/1968 in Vrbas; citizen<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Republic</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Serbia</strong>; <strong>of</strong>ficial criminal record: convicted before <strong>the</strong> District Courtin Novi Sad and currently serving his sentence in <strong>the</strong> Correction Centre SremskaMitrovica, pursuant to ruling no. K-287/06, rendered by that Court,BECAUSE:In <strong>the</strong> period between <strong>the</strong> afternoon <strong>of</strong> 20 November and early morning <strong>of</strong> 21November 1991, at a farm called Ovčara outside Vukovar, in <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>n <strong>Republic</strong> <strong>of</strong>Croatia – part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> former Socialist Federal <strong>Republic</strong> <strong>of</strong> Yugoslavia (SFRY), acting asa member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Vukovar Territorial Defence force (TO) operating within <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>nYugoslav Peoples Army (JNA); in <strong>the</strong> course <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ongoing armed conflict in thatregion, which did not have an international character, this accused committedserious breaches <strong>of</strong> international law, namely <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> following acts:- Articles 3 (1a) and 4 (1), (2) and (3) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1949 Geneva Convention relative to <strong>the</strong>Treatment <strong>of</strong> Prisoners <strong>of</strong> <strong>War</strong> (Geneva Convention III), ratified by <strong>the</strong> FPRYNational Assembly <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Federal Peoples <strong>Republic</strong> <strong>of</strong> Yugoslavia (FPRY) in 1950;and- Article 4 (1) and (2.a) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Protocol Additional to <strong>the</strong> Geneva Convention on <strong>the</strong>Protection <strong>of</strong> Victims <strong>of</strong> Noninternational Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), adopted on08 June 1977 (SFRY Official Gazette no. 16/18, International Contracts).Acting toge<strong>the</strong>r with <strong>the</strong> following members <strong>of</strong> his unit: Miroljub VUJOVIĆ, Stanko1
VUJANOVIĆ, Miroslav ĐANKOVIĆ, Milan BULIĆ, Jovica PERIĆ, MilanVOJNOVIĆ, Goran MUGOŠA, and Damir SIRETA; and with members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>voluntary unit Leva Supoderica, namely <strong>the</strong> following: Milan LANČUŽANIN,Predrag MILOJEVIĆ, Predrag DRAGOVIĆ, Ivan ANASTASIJEVIĆ (named IvicaHUSNIK at <strong>the</strong> time), Đorđe ŠOŠIĆ, Nada KALABA, Saša RADAK (against whomproceedings have been finally completed), and a number <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r unidentifiedindividuals, <strong>the</strong> accused, Petar ĆIRIĆ, engaged in <strong>the</strong> killing and physical injuring <strong>of</strong>war prisoners from <strong>the</strong> Vukovar Hospital, who had previously surrendered <strong>the</strong>irweapons to <strong>the</strong> JNA soldiers and <strong>the</strong>n been handed over to <strong>the</strong> Vukovar TO force.Among those captured in this way were members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Croatian armed forces,militias, voluntary units and persons escorting those armed forces albeit not directlybelonging to <strong>the</strong>m.Description <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> criminal <strong>of</strong>fence:On <strong>the</strong>ir way to a farm hangar where <strong>the</strong>y were going to be confined, <strong>the</strong> captiveswere forced to run between two lines <strong>of</strong> soldiers. Standing in one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lines, <strong>the</strong>accused, Petar ĆIRIĆ, beat and physically injured <strong>the</strong> captives as <strong>the</strong>y passed. Awhile later, when a list with <strong>the</strong>ir identification details had been made, <strong>the</strong> warprisoners were divided into groups which were <strong>the</strong>n loaded on a tractor andtransported in several tours to Grabovo, a site 1km away from Ovčara. Present in afiring sqad that was formed at Grabovo, <strong>the</strong> accused, Petar MARIĆ, shot and killed<strong>the</strong> captives. On his return from Grabovo to Ovčara, <strong>the</strong> accused engaged in <strong>the</strong>execution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> last remaining group <strong>of</strong> around ten prisoners, which took place infront <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hangar.In <strong>the</strong> aftermath <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> above-described massacre, two hundred (200) persons weredeprived <strong>of</strong> life, <strong>of</strong> whom one hundred and ninety-three (193) have been positivelyidentified. The names, fa<strong>the</strong>r names and surnames <strong>of</strong> those identified, as well as <strong>the</strong>dates <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir birth, are set forth below:1. Adžaga (Ilija) Jozo, 21/05/1949;2. Ahmetović (Marijan) Ismet–Ivo, 14/11/1968;3. Andrijanić (Marko) Vinko, 09/02/1953;4. Arnold (Alojz) Krešimir, 18/04/1958;,5. Asađanin (Jovan–Jožika) Ilija, 05/07/1952;6. Babić (Josip) Dražen, 01/10/1966;7. Bajnrauh (Stjepan) Ivan, 21/06/1956;8. Bajnrauh (Franjo) Tomislav, 13/12/1938;9. Balaš (Andrija) Stjepan, 01/05/1956;10. Balog (Josip) Dragutin, 19/06/1974;11. Balog (Dragutin) Josip, 25/11/1928;2
12. Balog (Ivan) Zvonko, 10/10/1958;13. Balvanac (Andrija) Đuro, 17/07/1952;14. Banožić (Drago) Boris, 02/02/1967;15. Baranjaji (Ratko) Pero, 19/06/1968;16. Barbarić (Jozo) Branko, 01/11/1967;17. Barbir (Ivan) Lovro, 11/11/1935;18. Barić (Đuro) Đuka, 26/12/1950;19. Barišić (Andrija) Franjo, 28/03/1940;20. Barta (Ivan) Anđelko, 31/01/1967;21. Batarelo (Ante) Željko, 25/10/1955;22. Baumgerner (Tomislav) Tomislav, 27/11/1973;23. Begčević (Ivo) Marko, 01/04/1968;24. Begov (Mato) Željko, 30/09/1958;25. Bingula (Stjepan) Stjepan, 15/10/1958;26. Bjelanović (NIkola) Ringo, 24/11/1970;27. Blažević (Zdenko) Zlatko, 24/02/1964;28. Kruneš Branimir, 1966;29. Bosak (Juraj) Marko, 02/07/1967;30. Bosanac(Vladislav) Dragutin, 21/08/1919;31. Bosanac (Antun) Tomislav, 05/03/1941;32. Bračić (Ivan) Zvonimir, 04/07/1970;33. Bukvić (Đuro) Đorđe, 03/05/1966;34. Buovac (Ilija) Ivan, 03/09/1966;35. Crnjac (Slavko) Ivan, 18/03/1966;36. Mihalec Josip, 1926;37. Čupić (Boško) Stanoja, 12/10/1953;38. Dalić (Zvonko) Tihomir, 02/11/1966;39. Dolišni (Petar) Ivica, 27/11/1960;40. Dragun (Srečko) Josip, 09/09/1962;41. Đuđar (Đuro) Saša, 05/03/1968;42. Đukić (Ivan) Vladimir, 21/02/1948;43. Duvnjak (Vladimir) Stanko, 23/05/1959;44. Ebner (Vinko) Vinko-Đuro, 01/01/1961;45. Friščić (Matija) Dragutin, 02/11/1958;46. Furundžija (Danko) Petar, 30/11/1949;47. Gajda (Mihajlo) Robert, 27/12/1966;48. Galić (Mato) Milenko, 10/12/1965;49. Galić (Vladimir) Vedran, 29/05/1973;50. Garvanović (Ivan) Borislav, 23/11/1954;51. Gavrić (Pavo) Dragan, 31/10/1956;52. Glavašević (Petar) Siniša, 04/11/1960;53. Graf (Vladimir) Branislav, 07/09/1954;54. Granić (Milo) Dragan, 01/01/1960;3
55. Gruber (Ilija) Zoran, 05/09/1969;56. Gudelj (Ivan) Drago, 09/09/1940;57. Hegedušić (Dragutin) Mario, 29/06/1972;58. Herceg (Slavko) Željko, 20/01/1962;59. Herman (Dragutin) Ivan, 14/05/1969;60. Herman (Antun) Stjepan, 10/03/1955;61. Hlevnjak (Anđelko) Nedeljko, 08/01/1964;62. Holjevac (Ivan) Nikica, 10/04/1955;63. Horvat (Josip) Ivica, 17/11/1958;64. Ileš (Ivan) Zvonko, 12/12/1941;65. Imbrišiić (Pavle) Ivica, 13/02/1958;66. Ivezić (Ivan) Aleksandar, 05/12/1950;67. Jajalo (Ivan) Marko, 28/10/1957;68. Jakubovski (Ivan) Martin, 01/04/1971;69. Jambor (Dragutin) Tomo, 03/03/1966;70. Janić (Antun) Mihael, 09/10/1939;71. Jantol (Đuro) Boris, 21/09/1959;72. Jarabek (Kamilo) Zlatko, 21/04/1956;73. Jezidžić (Stipo) Ivica, 05/11/1957;74. Jovan (Vlatko) Zvonimir, 07/04/1967;75. Jovanović (Todor) Branko, 04/02/1955;76. Jovanović (Đuro) Oliver, 08/12/1972;77. Jurela (Tomislav) Damir, 25/04/1969;78. Jurela (Božo) Željko, 30/06/1956;79. Jurendić (Jure) Drago, 23/04/1966;80. Jurišić (Franjo) Marko – Josip, 17/09/1946;81. Jurišić (Pavo) Pavao, 28/08/1966;82. Jurišić (Rudo) Željko, 20/12/1963;83. Kačić (Petar) Igor, 23/08/1975;84. Kapustić (Josip) Josip, 08/12/1965;85. Kelava (Anto) Krešimir, 17/01/1953;86. Knežić (Franjo) Đuro, 02/04/1937;87. Kolak (Dobroslav) Tomislav, 22/07/1962;88. Kolak (Dobroslav) Vladimir, 20/01/1966;89. Komorski (Pero) Ivan, 23/06/1952;90. Kostović (Anto) Borislav, 24/12/1962;91. Kovač (Mato) Ivan, 28/06/1953;92. Kovačević (Zlatko) Zoran, 16/04/1962;93. Kožul (Frano) Josip, 08/03/1968;94. Krajinović (Luko) Ivan, 14/10/1966;95. Krajinović (Anto) Zlatko, 04/12/1969;96. Krasić (Petar) Ivan, 18/06/1964;97. Krezo (Hrvoje) Ivica, 10/09/1963;4
98. Krističević (Branko) Kazimir, 13/06/1959;99. Lesić (Branko) Tomislav, 10/05/1950;100. Let (Đuro) Mihajlo, 25/04/1956;101. Lili (Dragutin) Dragutin, 26/01/1951;102. Lovrić (Ivo) Joko, 06/11/1968;103. Lucić (Mijo) Marko, 08/09/1954;104. Lukić (Marko) Mato, 02/03/1963;105. Ljubas (Luko) Hrvoje, 26/01/1971;106. Magoč-Mamić (Mihajlo) Predrag, 18/12/1965;107. Major (Stjepan) Željko, 14/12/1960;108. Maričić (Marko) Zdenko, 27/09/1956;109. Markobašić (Pero) Ružica, 28/09/1959;110. Međeši (Janko) Andrija, 16/10/1936;111. Međeši (Andrija) Zoran, 23/06/1952;112. Mihović (Gašpar) Tomislav, 23/06/1952;113. Mikulić (Slavko) Zdravko, 15/03/1961;114. Mišić (Marko) Ivan, 22/12/1968;115. Mlinarić (Pavo) Mile, 05/12/1966;116. Mokoš (Stevan) Andrija, 16/11/1955;117. Molnar (Stjepan) Saša, 08/04/1965;118. Mutvar (Antun) Antun, 30/01/1969;119. Nađ (Vladimir) Darko, 27/02/1965;120. Nađ (Franjo) Franjo, 17/09/1935;121. Nejašmić (Milan) Ivan, 19/10/1958;122. Šimenić Damir, 1965;123. Omerović (Džemal) Mufat, 29/11/1963;124. Oreški (Stejpan) Vladislav, 19/05/1967;125. Pap (Andrija) Tomislav, 01/01/1963;126. Patarić (Nikola) Željko, 16/07/1959;127. Pavlić (Adam) Slobodan, 24/09/1965;128. Pavlović (Đuro) Zlatko, 19/11/1965;129. Perak (Anto) Mato, 28/11/1961;130. Perko (Branko) Aleksandar, 17/03/1967;131. Perković (Josip) Damir, 28/10/1965;132. Perković (Jure) Josip, 24/03/1963;133. Petrović (Stanko) Stjepan, 26/10/1949;134. Pinter (Nikola) Nikola, 04/10/1940;135. Plavšić (Mato) Ivan-Zvonimir, 24/03/1939;136. Podhorski (Stjepan) Janja, 17/11/1931;137. Polhert (Ivan) Damir, 22/11/1962;138. Polovina (Vojin) Branimir, 22/06/1950;139. Poljak (Ignac) Vjekoslav, 06/08/1951;140. Posavac (Gustav) Stanko, 09/04/1952;5
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