2 October 2009 Press Clippings, English Summary (Source – ICMP

● ICMP Communications ● Press Summary for Friday, October 02, 2009 ●
Dnevni avaz carries that
a Štrpci victim has been
identified
Dnevni avaz, Headline: 17 years after the Štrpci crime: Halil
Zubčević’s skull located (pg 8, by Sanja Škuletić, full article
translation) – Nearly 17 years following the Štrpci crime, the mortal
remains of one of the victims of the crime that took place on 27
February 1993 have been identified, was confirmed to Dnevni avaz by
Amor Mašović, member of the Missing Persons Institute’s
Board of Directors. According to him, in this summer in a Srebrenica
village of Sjedače a skull was found and DNA analysis confirmed it
belonged to Halil Zubčević from Trebinje. Zubčević and another 18
men were taken off a passenger train 671 by war criminals Milan and
Sredoje Lukić, never to be seen again. “We have no information
about the remaining of Zubčević’s body or the mortal remains of 18
remaining victims”, Mašović said. Zubčević’s wife and two children who
live in Denmark have been notified about the DNA analysis.
EU delegation tours ICMP Nezavisne novine, Headline: Resolute to support the search for
Tuzla; Adam Boys quoted missing persons (pg 4, by SRNA) – Nezavisne novine carries a news
report based on ICMP press release on the EU delegation visit to ICMP
Tuzla. NN adds that ICMP’s chief operating officer Adam Boys said
the visit of the EU ambassadors to the International Commission on
Missing Persons sends a message to families of missing persons in
Bosnia and Herzegovina that the international community remains
resolute in helping them find the answers. NN says the delegation paid
visit to three ICMP’s facilities in Tuzla, the Podrinje Identification
Project,
the
Lukavac
Reassociation
Centre
and
the
Identification Coordination Division (ICD). Read the full press
release on ICMP website here.
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