The Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Prosecutor's Office is investigating the plight of Serb civilians in Srebrenica during the war in Bosnia, but it is not yet known when that investigation will be completed and whether the persons responsible for these crimes will be prosecuted, including the wartime commander of Muslim forces in Srebrenica Naser Oric.

Prosecution spokesman Boris Grubesic told Tanjug that it is a big case which concerns the suffering of the Serb population in Srebrenica and surrounding areas.

Confirming that the case has been taken over from the District Prosecutor's Office in Bijeljina, Grubisic said that it is an extensive and complex case and that it will take time to investigate and complete.

Grubesic declined to specify who were the suspects in the case, and who has so far been interrogated at the Prosecutor's Office.

He also refused to say whether Naser Oric was among the suspects.

Oric was sentenced in 2006 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to two years in prison for failing to prevent crimes.

However, in the second instance proceedings in 2008, Oric was acquitted, although the ICTY Appeals Chamber concluded that there is no doubt that grave crimes had been committed against Serbs in Srebrenica in the period from September 1992 to March 1993.

The Chief Prosecutor of the Bijeljina District Prosecutor's Office Novak Kovacevic told Tanjug that they had done a lot of work and that there were four war crimes cases, but that the full documentation was handed over to the BiH Prosecution a little more than two years ago, by order of the BiH Court.

Kovacevic added that approval was received from ICTY to proceed with investigations of crimes against the Serb population in Srebrenica and Bratunac, but that ICTY said that Oric was sentenced for his command, not individual responsibility.

At least 1,300 Serbs were killed in the municipalities of Srebrenica, Zvornik, Milici, Bratunac, Vlasenica and Osmaci during the war, while a total of 3,267 Serb civilians and soldiers were killed in the wider area of Central Podrinje and Birc, according to the Center for War Crimes in Banja Luka.

Noone has been held accountable yet for these crimes against the Serb population, or for the crimes in Sijakovac in the beginning of the war, Doborovljacka street in Sarajevo, Tuzla convoy and others, or for the existence of numerous camps and other places of execution for the Serbs, he said.confirmation about investigation against Oric

The Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Prosecutor's Office is investigating the plight of Serb civilians in Srebrenica during the war in Bosnia, but it is not yet known when that investigation will be completed and whether the persons responsible for these crimes will be prosecuted, including the wartime commander of Muslim forces in Srebrenica Naser Oric.

Prosecution spokesman Boris Grubesic told Tanjug that it is a big case which concerns the suffering of the Serb population in Srebrenica and surrounding areas.

Confirming that the case has been taken over from the District Prosecutor's Office in Bijeljina, Grubisic said that it is an extensive and complex case and that it will take time to investigate and complete.

Grubesic declined to specify who were the suspects in the case, and who has so far been interrogated at the Prosecutor's Office.

He also refused to say whether Naser Oric was among the suspects.

Oric was sentenced in 2006 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to two years in prison for failing to prevent crimes.

However, in the second instance proceedings in 2008, Oric was acquitted, although the ICTY Appeals Chamber concluded that there is no doubt that grave crimes had been committed against Serbs in Srebrenica in the period from September 1992 to March 1993.

The Chief Prosecutor of the Bijeljina District Prosecutor's Office Novak Kovacevic told Tanjug that they had done a lot of work and that there were four war crimes cases, but that the full documentation was handed over to the BiH Prosecution a little more than two years ago, by order of the BiH Court.

Kovacevic added that approval was received from ICTY to proceed with investigations of crimes against the Serb population in Srebrenica and Bratunac, but that ICTY said that Oric was sentenced for his command, not individual responsibility.

At least 1,300 Serbs were killed in the municipalities of Srebrenica, Zvornik, Milici, Bratunac, Vlasenica and Osmaci during the war, while a total of 3,267 Serb civilians and soldiers were killed in the wider area of Central Podrinje and Birc, according to the Center for War Crimes in Banja Luka.

Noone has been held accountable yet for these crimes against the Serb population, or for the crimes in Sijakovac in the beginning of the war, Doborovljacka street in Sarajevo, Tuzla convoy and others, or for the existence of numerous camps and other places of execution for the Serbs, he said.