JUGOVIĆ: LEDIĆI - PLACE OF MOURNING AND SUFFERING, BUT ALSO A WARNING

TRNOVO, JUNE 3 /SRNA/ - The President of the Istočno Sarajevo City Assembly Boško Jugović pointed out today in Ledići that this once Serb village is now a place of mourning and suffering, but also a warning.

"Even today, 34 years later, we approach this monument with the same pain, the same sense of powerlessness when it comes to the fulfillment of justice because that is the least we can expect. The fact that we lost 22 civilians in this village, which before the war was predominantly Serbian, speaks volumes for the amount of hatred that was expressed towards them, including the bestial treatment of innocent Serb victims," ​​Jugović told reporters. Jugović reminded that Milun Tešanović, a one-and-a-half-year-old child was killed in Ledići. "If a message can be sent from here, then it is very clear - justice must be achieved and the perpetrators of these crimes must be punished, which would be at least a small grain of hope that it is possible to reach reconciliation and satisfy justice in these areas. It is good that we gather here every year and nurture the culture of memory", said Jugović and expressed the hope that this kind of evil will never happen again anywhere, and that injustices will be corrected in the justice system of BiH. The Mayor of the Municipality of Trnovo Miroslav Bjelica assessed that the suffering of Serb civilians in Ledići is one of the most monstrous crimes in the area of ​​Trnovo, Republika Srpska and the whole of BiH. He recalled that before killing little Milun, the criminals broke both his arms and legs, as well as massacred the 92-year-old Ikonija Vasić. Bjelica expressed his belief that this and a similar crime will never happen again, and pointed out that the fact that no one was held accountable for the crime in Ledići is particularly painful. "I want to tell the public that we will never give up and we will seek justice through the institutions of Republika Srpska and BiH," said Bjelica. At the memorial in Ledići, in the federal state of Trnovo, a memorial service was held today for 22 innocent Serb victims who died 34 years ago at the hands of criminals belonging to the so-called the Army of BiH, who killed and massacred Serb civilians, including the innocent 18-month-old Milun Tešanović, as well as 15 Serb women.