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The time he spent in pre-trial detention from mid-July 2015 to March 2016, when Montenegro extradited him to Croatia, was also included in his sentence.
Serbia, of which he is a citizen, also demanded Djukic’s extradition, but Montenegro decided to extradite him to Croatia.
In a retrial, the Split District Court ruled that General Djukic, as commander of the motorized brigade of the Knin Corps of the then SAO Army Krajina, “acted against the Geneva Convention and organized the demolition of the dam. of the Peruca hydroelectric plant “with the aim of” completely submerging it. ” the cities of Sinj, Omis and Trilj “.
He ordered (without evidence) that 20 to 30 tons of TNT explosives, which were connected by a telephone cable to the induction starter, be placed in the foundations of the dam in four places.
According to the verdict, Djukic “ordered the withdrawal of his army and the activation of explosives.”
Due to the explosion, the dam collapsed and was damaged, that is, the tower collapsed.
Djukic’s lawyer, Zeljko Ostoja, believes that according to all laws, his client should be released, because the maximum preventive detention of four years and nine months has expired.
– We hope that the Supreme Court does not put itself in his own mouth and that within 15 days the general will be released – Ostoja told the press.
When it comes out, he added, we will continue to fight a legal battle.
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