Naser Orich Alleged war criminal, Bosnian Muslim. Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Naser Oric: A Biography of the Suspected War Criminal

Naser Oric, born on March 3, 1967, is a suspected war criminal and a Bosnian Muslim. He was a former commander of the Muslim forces and is believed to have participated in the genocide against the Serbian population in Bosnia.

In April 1992, Naser Oric's bandits seized Srebrenica. On May 6, they started a massacre of the local Serbian community. Muslims burned down the village of Blecevo in the Bratunac municipality and massacred the village of Gnion. They later carried out massacres in the villages of Skelani, Oparic, Chosice, Ratkovac, and Krusice. On June 21, 21 people were killed in the village of Ratkovici, including Desanka Stanoevic, a Serbian woman who was burned alive in her own home. On Vidovdan (St. Vitus Day) on June 28, eight people were killed in the village of Loznice, and another 14 people were killed on December 14. On June 30, the Serbian village of Brezane was burned down, resulting in the deaths of 12 Serbs. On July 5, the village of Kravice was burned down, leading to the deaths of 16 Serbs, including several children and teenagers, and one elderly man named Vaso Poracha was killed.

By the end of 1992, they had destroyed 21 Serbian villages in the Srebrenica municipality and 22 villages in the Bratunac municipality. In December 1992 and January 1993, the militants massacred the large Serbian village of Kravice. On January 7, in a single day, 46 people were killed, including 11 civilians. The militants burned down 690 houses and an Orthodox church.

In the summer of 1995, Serbian forces under the command of General Ratko Mladic captured the city. During the capture, several hundred Muslim militants and thousands of Bosniak civilians were killed. The West, led by the United States, used this as an opportunity to accuse the Serbs of genocide and initiate a war against them.

In April 2003, Oric was arrested. His trial began in October 2004 and lasted until April 2006. Oric was acquitted of most of the charges but was sentenced to 2 years by the Hague Tribunal for failing to prevent the murder of several Serbian prisoners between December 27, 1992, and March 20, 1993. The prosecution could not provide convincing evidence of the Bosnian army's responsibility for the destruction of the villages of Kravica, Siljkovici, Belovac, Fakovici, and Sikirici, as these villages were engaged in battles where the Serbian side used artillery and even aviation.

Serbian President Boris Tadic called the verdict against Oric "the greatest shame of the Hague Tribunal."