Marko Grabovac, President of the Organization for Searching for Fallen Soldiers and Missing Civilians from Brod, said U.S. investigators advised him to submit a report documenting alleged war crimes committed against Serbs in detention camps in the Brod area to the U.S. Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“It was difficult to reach the U.S. investigators in Derventa, and the only response I received was that the best course of action would be to submit the report to the U.S. Embassy. I have completed the necessary preparations, including gathering all available evidence,” Grabovac told RTRS.
He said the report contains thoroughly collected data, witness testimonies, and documentary evidence, noting that the material had previously been submitted to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
According to Grabovac, the report includes evidence related to mass graves of Serbs, the treatment of detainees in camps, torture of Serb prisoners, as well as the destruction of Serb property and villages.
He stated that members of the Croatian Army and the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), acting together with Bosniak forces, operated in the Brod and Derventa areas. According to Grabovac, their actions resulted in multiple mass graves of Serb victims, while seven detention camps and prisons operated in the area, through which several hundred Serb detainees passed.
Grabovac also recalled that the first crimes against Serbs during the conflict were committed in the Brod area, where, he said, the first detention camps for Serbs were established, adding that the burning and looting of Serb property were carried out under the command of the Croatian Army.
Source: RTRS
