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Started by Brett Kottmann
Thu, 20 Aug 1992 16:18
Former captive tells of Serb atrocities
Author: Brett Kottmann
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 16:18
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 16:18
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In article <9208131311.AA24151@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil>, paperboy@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil writes: ... > From: The paperboy > Subject: CAMP SURVIVOR DESCRIBES ALLEGED ATROCITIES TO LAWMAKERS. > > A 53-year-old Muslim from Bosnia-Herzegovina claims > Serbian guards at a detention camp systematically slaughtered > 1,350 captives during seven weeks of terror in May and June. > > Alija Lujinovic, who is from the town of Brcko in > northeast Bosnia, told his tale of horror to a closed-door > session of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, then > again to reporters at a news conference. > > Committee Chairman Sam Nunn, D-Ga., said he did not > present Lujinovic at a public hearing because his staff had not > had adequate time to corroborate his story. But he said "a lot of > the things he's saying are consistent with other reports ... > including intelligence." Full transcripts of the session are > being turned over to the Central Intelligence Agency and other > administration officials, Nunn said. > > Lujinovic, a traffic engineer who denied any involvement > in politics or violence, said he was captured May 3 while hiding > in a cellar after Serbian irregulars and troops of the former > Yugoslav army attacked his town. He was held for two days at a > mosque, where Serbian captors mocked the Muslim prisoners and > desecrated the building. The prisoners were then transferred to a > transportation center, where he said atrocities worsened. > > "They raped one woman whose children and parents were > present, along with everyone else," Lujinovic said through an > interpreter. "They took 15 people out and slit their throats on > the grass. ... Three people who were watching at the window and > were noticed by the guards, their throats were slit as well. With > my own eyes I have seen this." > > The captives then were transported in buses to warehouses > near Brcko, alongside the Sava River, he said, where they sat > confined on concrete floors. Men were selected daily, taken > outside, and their throats slit near a drain that carried off the > blood into the river, he said. > ------------------------- Brett-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Why the courts don't tell a husband who has been living off his wife to go out and get a job is beyond my comprehension."--Joan Lunden -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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