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94ZAGREB872
1994-03-02 16:52:00
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Embassy Zagreb
Cable title:
TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
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SUBJECT: TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
EYE-WITNESS DESCRIBES KILLINGS IN LUKA;
GIVES LOCATION OF MASS GRAVE NEAR BRCKO
REF: ZAGREB 0827
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INTRODUCTION
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SUBJECT: TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
EYE-WITNESS DESCRIBES KILLINGS IN LUKA;
GIVES LOCATION OF MASS GRAVE NEAR BRCKO
REF: ZAGREB 0827
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1. (U) THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS OF
INTERVIEWS WITH WAR CRIMES VICTIMS CONDUCTED IN
LATE 1993 IN MAOCA, BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA, BY A
DART/ZAGREB FIELD REP AND AN AMCIT IRC REP WHILE
THEY WERE IN THE AREA ASSESSING HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE NEEDS.
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WITNESS INFORMATION
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2. (LOU) ZEJCIR OSMIC (STRICTLY PROTECT),HEREAFTER
REFERRED TO AS THE WITNESS, IS A BOSNIAN MUSLIM
FROM THE BRCKO MUNICIPALITY. HE WAS BORN ON MAY
19, 1945, AND WAS A CIVILIAN SHOP ASSISTANT AT THE
MERKUR COMPANY IN BRCKO AT THE TIME OF HIS ARREST
BY BOSNIAN SERB FORCES ON MAY 1, 1992.
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ARREST AND INCARCERATION IN BRCKO
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3. (U) THE WITNESS, A SHOP ASSISTANT IN BRCKO, WAS
VISITING HIS BROTHER'S HOME IN BRCKO ON MAY 1, 1992.
HE AND HIS BROTHER SAW MANY SERB SOLDIERS IN BLACK
UNIFORMS WHO SAID THEY WERE "ARKAN'S MEN." THE
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WITNESS SUGGESTED TO HIS BROTHER THAT THEY TRY TO
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RUN AWAY. AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE FROM THE
CENTER OF BRCKO, THEY WERE STOPPED AT THE
RAILWAY STATION BY "RED BERETS" (WHO THE WITNESS
SAID HE BELIEVED WERE FROM NIS IN SERBIA) AND
WERE ASKED TO SHOW THEIR IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
THEY WERE THEN ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO LUKA PRISON
CAMP IN A JEEP. WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT LUKA, THEY
SAW MANY MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN LINED UP ALONG
THE WALL OF THE COMPANY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. THE
WITNESS WAS BEATEN WITH A RUBBER TRUNCHEON BY
SERB POLICEMEN FROM BIJELJINA AND THEN DRAGGED
INTO A WAREHOUSE WHERE THERE WERE ABOUT 600 MEN
AND BOYS SITTING WITH THEIR HEADS DOWN. MANY
WERE BRUISED AND BLEEDING. THE WITNESS SAW A
PASSAGEWAY TO ANOTHER WAREHOUSE WITH MORE PEOPLE.
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SUBJECT: TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
EYE-WITNESS DESCRIBES KILLINGS IN LUKA;
GIVES LOCATION OF MASS GRAVE NEAR BRCKO
HE SAW THAT SOME WERE BADLY BEATEN. HE DID NOT
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DARE TO LOOK AROUND TOO MUCH, HOWEVER, AS IT WAS
NOT ALLOWED AND HE FEARED BEING BEATEN AGAIN.
4. (U) SHORTLY AFTER THE WITNESS ARRIVED IN THE
WAREHOUSE, "ARKAN'S SOLDIERS" BROUGHT IN A CROAT
NAMED STIPE AND ASKED THE PRISONERS WHO WAS
READY TO KILL HIM. WHEN NO ONE ANSWERED,
"ARKAN'S MEN" FORCED STIPE TO KNEEL AND SHOT HIM
IN THE HEAD.
5. (U) IN ANOTHER INCIDENT ON HIS FIRST DAY OF
CONFINEMENT, HE SAID HE WITNESSED THE KILLING OF
A LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS SIX OR SEVEN YEARS OLD BY
ONE OF "ARKAN'S SOLDIERS." HE SAID THAT ALL THE
PRISONERS HAD BEEN ORDERED TO STAND AGAINST THE
WALL, AND WHEN THE GIRL TRIED TO PLAY WITH SOME
OTHER CHILDREN BY THROWING THEM A BALL, THE
SOLDIER KICKED HER, KNOCKING HER INTO THE WALL
HEAD FIRST. SHE DIED WITHOUT REGAINING
CONSCIOUSNESS. THE WITNESS SAID HE WAS ONLY A
FEW METERS AWAY FROM THIS INCIDENT.
6. (U) THE WITNESS SPENT 17 DA
YS AT LUKA. HE
SAID THERE WERE NO LIGHTS IN THE WAREHOUSE, AND
EVERY NIGHT SOLDIERS WOULD TAKE 20 TO 30 PEOPLE
AT RANDOM. THE PRISONERS WOULD THEN HEAR SHOTS
AND SCREAMS FROM BEHIND THE WAREHOUSE. HE SAID
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THAT SOMETIMES ALL BUT FOUR OF THOSE TAKEN FROM
THE WAREHOUSE ON A GIVEN NIGHT WOULD BE KILLED,
AND THESE SURVIVORS WOULD THEN HAVE TO LOAD THE
CORPSES ONTO TRUCKS. OTHER TIMES, ALL THOSE
TAKEN OUT WOULD BE KILLED AND ADDITIONAL
PRISONERS WOULD BE TAKEN OUT THE NEXT DAY TO
DISPOSE OF THE BODIES.
7. (U) THE WITNESS ALSO SAW AN EXAMPLE OF
INTELLECTUALS/ELITES BEING KILLED. ONE DAY
WHILE PERFORMING FORCED LABOR COLLECTING GARBAGE
IN THE TOWN, HE WITNESSED TWO MEN, LEJDAHJA
MUMINOVIC, THE PRESIDENT OF A TRADE UNION IN
BRCKO, AND A WELL-KNOWN SALESMAN DRAGGED FROM
THEIR HOMES AND SHOT.
8. (U) THE WITNESS STATED THAT, A FEW DAYS AFTER
HIS ARREST, HE SAW WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND OLD
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SUBJECT: TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
EYE-WITNESS DESCRIBES KILLINGS IN LUKA;
GIVES LOCATION OF MASS GRAVE NEAR BRCKO
PEOPLE BEING LOADED ONTO TRUCKS FOR TRANSPORT TO
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BREZOVO POLJE. ONE MAN ABOUT 60 FELL WHILE
TRYING TO CLIMB ONTO A TRUCK. A GUARD NAMED
MILOS CAJEVIC KICKED HIM, AND WHEN HE PROVED
UNABLE TO MOUNT THE TRUCK, SHOT HIM TO DEATH
WITH A PISTOL.
9. (U) THE WITNESS REMEMBERED THE FOLLOWING
GUARDS FROM LUKA: TESIC (LNU) AND GORAN (LNU),
BOTH OF WHOM COMMITTED MANY KILLINGS, PEDJA
BOJANIC, AND MILOS CAJEVIC.
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RESCUE FROM LUKA
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10. (U) THE WITNESS WAS RELEASED FROM THE LUKA
CAMP WHEN A SERB COLLEAGUE FROM HIS COMPANY SAW
HIM AND WENT TO THE CAMP COMMANDER TO SEEK HIS
RELEASE. THE MAN, RAJKO KRALJEVIC (STRICTLY
PROTECT) WAS A GOOD MAN AND NOT A NATIONALIST,
ACCORDING TO THE WITNESS. TWO SOLDIERS CAME TO
THE WITNESS AND TOLD HIM TO FOLLOW THEM. HE WAS
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CERTAIN HE WOULD BE KILLED. INSTEAD HE WAS
TAKEN TO A PIG FARM BY HIS FRIEND AND WORKED AND
SLEPT THERE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
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11. (U) THE FARM THE WITNESS WAS TAKEN TO
BELONGED TO THE BIMEX COMPANY AND WAS LOCATED
ABOUT THREE KILOMETERS FROM BRCKO. HE SAID 32
MUSLIMS AND SIX CROATS WERE PERFORMING FORCED
LABOR THERE. THE MEN WORKED DAY AND NIGHT WITH
ONLY FOUR TO FIVE HOURS OF SLEEP AND WERE BEATEN
OFTEN. SOMETIMES THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE FEED
MILL IN BRCKO TO LOAD CATTLE FEED. ONCE, IN THE
SPRING OF 1993, HE SAW TWO MUSLIM GIRLS, FAHIRA
CACKOVIC AND SABINA DELICIC, WITH CHETNIKS IN
BRCKO, BUT THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO
EACH OTHER.
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SUBJECT: TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
EYE-WITNESS DESCRIBES KILLINGS IN LUKA;
GIVES LOCATION OF MASS GRAVE NEAR BRCKO
12. (U) THE WITNESS SAID A PIT WAS DUG ABOUT 200
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METERS FROM THE FARM ALONG A BROOK. HE SAID THE
DIMENSIONS WERE THREE TO FOUR METERS WIDE BY 30
METERS LONG BY TWO METERS DEEP. CORPSES OF MEN,
WOMEN, AND CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT TO THE PIT AND
THEN COVERED WITH A WHITE SUBSTANCE FROM 20 KILO
DRUMS. HE THOUGHT IT WAS SOME KIND OF
PESTICIDE. IT HAD A STRONG ODOR OF CHLORINE.
AFTER UNLOADING, THE TRUCK DRIVERS WOULD CLEAN
OUT THE TRUCKS AT A FIRE HYDRANT AT THE FARM.
WHEN THE PIT WAS FULL, THE SERBS BROUGHT A FRONT
END LOADER AND COVERED IT WITH DIRT. THEN, HE
SAID, THEY BROUGHT MATERIAL FROM THE RUINS OF
THE BRCKO MOSQUE TO COVER THE DIRT. FINALLY,
THEY ADDED ANOTHER LAYER OF DIRT FROM A NEARBY
HILL, ROLLED THE GRAVE FLAT, AND PLANTED GRASS.
13. (U) THE WITNESS SAID THAT, TO REACH THE
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GRAVE SITE, ONE SHOULD DRIVE EAST FROM BRCKO.
AFTER ABOUT ONE AND ONE-HALF KILOMETERS (HALFWAY
TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE FARM) THERE IS A BRIDGE
ACROSS A BROOK. DO NOT CROSS THE BRIDGE, BUT
EXIT THE VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND THEN
WALK ALONG THE EDGE OF THE BROOK AWAY FROM THE
ROAD FOR ABOUT 70 METERS. HE BELIEVED THERE ARE
200 OR MORE BODIES AT THIS LOCATION.
14. (U) THE WITNESS HEARD FROM THE TRUCK DRIVERS
WHO BROUGHT THE BODIES TO THE MASS GRAVE
DESCRIB
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ED ABOVE THAT, BEFORE THEY STARTED USING
THE PIT, THEY HAD TRANSPORTED BODIES TO A PLACE
WHERE THE BONES OF ANIMALS WERE INCINERATED TO
PRODUCE CATTLE FEED. THEY USED THIS INCINERATOR
AS LONG AS COAL WAS AVAILABLE. ABOUT 100 METERS
BEHIND THIS LOCATION WAS THE BRCKO TOWN GARBAGE
DEPOT AND A CANAL DOWN TO THE SAVA RIVER. THE
WITNESS SAID IT WAS RUMORED THAT THERE MIGHT BE
ANOTHER MASS GRAVE UNDER THE GARBAGE, BUT HE HAD
NO DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF THIS.
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15. (U) IN THE SPRING OF 1993, FOUR PRISONERS,
INCLUDING THE WITNESS AND HIS BROTHER, WERE
TAKEN IN TWO CATTLE TRUCKS TO THE VILLAGE OF
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SUBJECT: TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
EYE-WITNESS DESCRIBES KILLINGS IN LUKA;
GIVES LOCATION OF MASS GRAVE NEAR BRCKO
DONJI RAHIC IN FREE TERRITORY TO STEAL CALVES
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FROM A FARM. HALF OF THE VILLAGE WAS OCCUPIED
BY THE ARMY OF B-H. WHEN A FIREFIGHT STARTED,
THE PRISONERS JUMPED OUT AND BEGAN CRAWLING
THROUGH A DITCH. ONE OF THE TWO SERB DRIVERS
SHOT THE WITNESS' BROTHER, WOUNDING HIM. THE
WITNESS AND THE TWO OTHER PRISONERS HAD TO CRAWL
WITH THE SERBS BACK TO THE SERBIAN FRONT LINE.
THE WITNESS LATER FOUND OUT HIS BROTHER WAS
RESCUED BY THE B-H ARMY 25 HOURS LATER, BUT DIED
IN THE HOSPITAL.
16. (U) THE WITNESS WAS ULTIMATELY REGISTERED BY
THE ICRC AND WAS EXCHANGED ON MAY 8, 1993.
NEITZKE
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SUBJECT: TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
EYE-WITNESS DESCRIBES KILLINGS IN LUKA;
GIVES LOCATION OF MASS GRAVE NEAR BRCKO
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INTRODUCTION
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1. (U) THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS OF
INTERVIEWS WITH WAR CRIMES VICTIMS CONDUCTED IN
LATE 1993 IN MAOCA, BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA, BY A
DART/ZAGREB FIELD REP AND AN AMCIT IRC REP WHILE
THEY WERE IN THE AREA ASSESSING HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE NEEDS.
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WITNESS INFORMATION
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2. (LOU) ZEJCIR OSMIC (STRICTLY PROTECT),HEREAFTER
REFERRED TO AS THE WITNESS, IS A BOSNIAN MUSLIM
FROM THE BRCKO MUNICIPALITY. HE WAS BORN ON MAY
19, 1945, AND WAS A CIVILIAN SHOP ASSISTANT AT THE
MERKUR COMPANY IN BRCKO AT THE TIME OF HIS ARREST
BY BOSNIAN SERB FORCES ON MAY 1, 1992.
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ARREST AND INCARCERATION IN BRCKO
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3. (U) THE WITNESS, A SHOP ASSISTANT IN BRCKO, WAS
VISITING HIS BROTHER'S HOME IN BRCKO ON MAY 1, 1992.
HE AND HIS BROTHER SAW MANY SERB SOLDIERS IN BLACK
UNIFORMS WHO SAID THEY WERE "ARKAN'S MEN." THE
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WITNESS SUGGESTED TO HIS BROTHER THAT THEY TRY TO
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RUN AWAY. AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE FROM THE
CENTER OF BRCKO, THEY WERE STOPPED AT THE
RAILWAY STATION BY "RED BERETS" (WHO THE WITNESS
SAID HE BELIEVED WERE FROM NIS IN SERBIA) AND
WERE ASKED TO SHOW THEIR IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
THEY WERE THEN ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO LUKA PRISON
CAMP IN A JEEP. WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT LUKA, THEY
SAW MANY MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN LINED UP ALONG
THE WALL OF THE COMPANY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. THE
WITNESS WAS BEATEN WITH A RUBBER TRUNCHEON BY
SERB POLICEMEN FROM BIJELJINA AND THEN DRAGGED
INTO A WAREHOUSE WHERE THERE WERE ABOUT 600 MEN
AND BOYS SITTING WITH THEIR HEADS DOWN. MANY
WERE BRUISED AND BLEEDING. THE WITNESS SAW A
PASSAGEWAY TO ANOTHER WAREHOUSE WITH MORE PEOPLE.
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SUBJECT: TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
EYE-WITNESS DESCRIBES KILLINGS IN LUKA;
GIVES LOCATION OF MASS GRAVE NEAR BRCKO
HE SAW THAT SOME WERE BADLY BEATEN. HE DID NOT
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DARE TO LOOK AROUND TOO MUCH, HOWEVER, AS IT WAS
NOT ALLOWED AND HE FEARED BEING BEATEN AGAIN.
4. (U) SHORTLY AFTER THE WITNESS ARRIVED IN THE
WAREHOUSE, "ARKAN'S SOLDIERS" BROUGHT IN A CROAT
NAMED STIPE AND ASKED THE PRISONERS WHO WAS
READY TO KILL HIM. WHEN NO ONE ANSWERED,
"ARKAN'S MEN" FORCED STIPE TO KNEEL AND SHOT HIM
IN THE HEAD.
5. (U) IN ANOTHER INCIDENT ON HIS FIRST DAY OF
CONFINEMENT, HE SAID HE WITNESSED THE KILLING OF
A LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS SIX OR SEVEN YEARS OLD BY
ONE OF "ARKAN'S SOLDIERS." HE SAID THAT ALL THE
PRISONERS HAD BEEN ORDERED TO STAND AGAINST THE
WALL, AND WHEN THE GIRL TRIED TO PLAY WITH SOME
OTHER CHILDREN BY THROWING THEM A BALL, THE
SOLDIER KICKED HER, KNOCKING HER INTO THE WALL
HEAD FIRST. SHE DIED WITHOUT REGAINING
CONSCIOUSNESS. THE WITNESS SAID HE WAS ONLY A
FEW METERS AWAY FROM THIS INCIDENT.
6. (U) THE WITNESS SPENT 17 DA
YS AT LUKA. HE
SAID THERE WERE NO LIGHTS IN THE WAREHOUSE, AND
EVERY NIGHT SOLDIERS WOULD TAKE 20 TO 30 PEOPLE
AT RANDOM. THE PRISONERS WOULD THEN HEAR SHOTS
AND SCREAMS FROM BEHIND THE WAREHOUSE. HE SAID
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THAT SOMETIMES ALL BUT FOUR OF THOSE TAKEN FROM
THE WAREHOUSE ON A GIVEN NIGHT WOULD BE KILLED,
AND THESE SURVIVORS WOULD THEN HAVE TO LOAD THE
CORPSES ONTO TRUCKS. OTHER TIMES, ALL THOSE
TAKEN OUT WOULD BE KILLED AND ADDITIONAL
PRISONERS WOULD BE TAKEN OUT THE NEXT DAY TO
DISPOSE OF THE BODIES.
7. (U) THE WITNESS ALSO SAW AN EXAMPLE OF
INTELLECTUALS/ELITES BEING KILLED. ONE DAY
WHILE PERFORMING FORCED LABOR COLLECTING GARBAGE
IN THE TOWN, HE WITNESSED TWO MEN, LEJDAHJA
MUMINOVIC, THE PRESIDENT OF A TRADE UNION IN
BRCKO, AND A WELL-KNOWN SALESMAN DRAGGED FROM
THEIR HOMES AND SHOT.
8. (U) THE WITNESS STATED THAT, A FEW DAYS AFTER
HIS ARREST, HE SAW WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND OLD
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USMISSION GENEVA
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SUBJECT: TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
EYE-WITNESS DESCRIBES KILLINGS IN LUKA;
GIVES LOCATION OF MASS GRAVE NEAR BRCKO
PEOPLE BEING LOADED ONTO TRUCKS FOR TRANSPORT TO
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BREZOVO POLJE. ONE MAN ABOUT 60 FELL WHILE
TRYING TO CLIMB ONTO A TRUCK. A GUARD NAMED
MILOS CAJEVIC KICKED HIM, AND WHEN HE PROVED
UNABLE TO MOUNT THE TRUCK, SHOT HIM TO DEATH
WITH A PISTOL.
9. (U) THE WITNESS REMEMBERED THE FOLLOWING
GUARDS FROM LUKA: TESIC (LNU) AND GORAN (LNU),
BOTH OF WHOM COMMITTED MANY KILLINGS, PEDJA
BOJANIC, AND MILOS CAJEVIC.
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10. (U) THE WITNESS WAS RELEASED FROM THE LUKA
CAMP WHEN A SERB COLLEAGUE FROM HIS COMPANY SAW
HIM AND WENT TO THE CAMP COMMANDER TO SEEK HIS
RELEASE. THE MAN, RAJKO KRALJEVIC (STRICTLY
PROTECT) WAS A GOOD MAN AND NOT A NATIONALIST,
ACCORDING TO THE WITNESS. TWO SOLDIERS CAME TO
THE WITNESS AND TOLD HIM TO FOLLOW THEM. HE WAS
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CERTAIN HE WOULD BE KILLED. INSTEAD HE WAS
TAKEN TO A PIG FARM BY HIS FRIEND AND WORKED AND
SLEPT THERE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
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11. (U) THE FARM THE WITNESS WAS TAKEN TO
BELONGED TO THE BIMEX COMPANY AND WAS LOCATED
ABOUT THREE KILOMETERS FROM BRCKO. HE SAID 32
MUSLIMS AND SIX CROATS WERE PERFORMING FORCED
LABOR THERE. THE MEN WORKED DAY AND NIGHT WITH
ONLY FOUR TO FIVE HOURS OF SLEEP AND WERE BEATEN
OFTEN. SOMETIMES THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE FEED
MILL IN BRCKO TO LOAD CATTLE FEED. ONCE, IN THE
SPRING OF 1993, HE SAW TWO MUSLIM GIRLS, FAHIRA
CACKOVIC AND SABINA DELICIC, WITH CHETNIKS IN
BRCKO, BUT THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO
EACH OTHER.
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AMEMBASSY BONN
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WHITE HOUSE WASHDC
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USEC BRUSSELS
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USMISSION GENEVA
USMISSION USNATO
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SUBJECT: TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
EYE-WITNESS DESCRIBES KILLINGS IN LUKA;
GIVES LOCATION OF MASS GRAVE NEAR BRCKO
12. (U) THE WITNESS SAID A PIT WAS DUG ABOUT 200
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METERS FROM THE FARM ALONG A BROOK. HE SAID THE
DIMENSIONS WERE THREE TO FOUR METERS WIDE BY 30
METERS LONG BY TWO METERS DEEP. CORPSES OF MEN,
WOMEN, AND CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT TO THE PIT AND
THEN COVERED WITH A WHITE SUBSTANCE FROM 20 KILO
DRUMS. HE THOUGHT IT WAS SOME KIND OF
PESTICIDE. IT HAD A STRONG ODOR OF CHLORINE.
AFTER UNLOADING, THE TRUCK DRIVERS WOULD CLEAN
OUT THE TRUCKS AT A FIRE HYDRANT AT THE FARM.
WHEN THE PIT WAS FULL, THE SERBS BROUGHT A FRONT
END LOADER AND COVERED IT WITH DIRT. THEN, HE
SAID, THEY BROUGHT MATERIAL FROM THE RUINS OF
THE BRCKO MOSQUE TO COVER THE DIRT. FINALLY,
THEY ADDED ANOTHER LAYER OF DIRT FROM A NEARBY
HILL, ROLLED THE GRAVE FLAT, AND PLANTED GRASS.
13. (U) THE WITNESS SAID THAT, TO REACH THE
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GRAVE SITE, ONE SHOULD DRIVE EAST FROM BRCKO.
AFTER ABOUT ONE AND ONE-HALF KILOMETERS (HALFWAY
TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE FARM) THERE IS A BRIDGE
ACROSS A BROOK. DO NOT CROSS THE BRIDGE, BUT
EXIT THE VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND THEN
WALK ALONG THE EDGE OF THE BROOK AWAY FROM THE
ROAD FOR ABOUT 70 METERS. HE BELIEVED THERE ARE
200 OR MORE BODIES AT THIS LOCATION.
14. (U) THE WITNESS HEARD FROM THE TRUCK DRIVERS
WHO BROUGHT THE BODIES TO THE MASS GRAVE
DESCRIB
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ED ABOVE THAT, BEFORE THEY STARTED USING
THE PIT, THEY HAD TRANSPORTED BODIES TO A PLACE
WHERE THE BONES OF ANIMALS WERE INCINERATED TO
PRODUCE CATTLE FEED. THEY USED THIS INCINERATOR
AS LONG AS COAL WAS AVAILABLE. ABOUT 100 METERS
BEHIND THIS LOCATION WAS THE BRCKO TOWN GARBAGE
DEPOT AND A CANAL DOWN TO THE SAVA RIVER. THE
WITNESS SAID IT WAS RUMORED THAT THERE MIGHT BE
ANOTHER MASS GRAVE UNDER THE GARBAGE, BUT HE HAD
NO DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF THIS.
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15. (U) IN THE SPRING OF 1993, FOUR PRISONERS,
INCLUDING THE WITNESS AND HIS BROTHER, WERE
TAKEN IN TWO CATTLE TRUCKS TO THE VILLAGE OF
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SUBJECT: TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
EYE-WITNESS DESCRIBES KILLINGS IN LUKA;
GIVES LOCATION OF MASS GRAVE NEAR BRCKO
DONJI RAHIC IN FREE TERRITORY TO STEAL CALVES
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FROM A FARM. HALF OF THE VILLAGE WAS OCCUPIED
BY THE ARMY OF B-H. WHEN A FIREFIGHT STARTED,
THE PRISONERS JUMPED OUT AND BEGAN CRAWLING
THROUGH A DITCH. ONE OF THE TWO SERB DRIVERS
SHOT THE WITNESS' BROTHER, WOUNDING HIM. THE
WITNESS AND THE TWO OTHER PRISONERS HAD TO CRAWL
WITH THE SERBS BACK TO THE SERBIAN FRONT LINE.
THE WITNESS LATER FOUND OUT HIS BROTHER WAS
RESCUED BY THE B-H ARMY 25 HOURS LATER, BUT DIED
IN THE HOSPITAL.
16. (U) THE WITNESS WAS ULTIMATELY REGISTERED BY
THE ICRC AND WAS EXCHANGED ON MAY 8, 1993.
NEITZKE
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