Montenegro’s Special State Prosecutor’s Office has opened a case against retired admiral Dragan Samardzic, the former Chief of the Army General Staff, over allegations that he was involved in war crimes committed against civilians in November 1991 in the area around the Croatian coastal city of Split.
The Supreme State Prosecution Office told Podgorica-based newspaper Vijesti that a case had been opened “in order to establish the existence of grounds for suspicion that criminal acts of war crimes had been committed” after Vijesti published a story on Sunday under the headline “Split shelling and the role of Dragan Samardzic.”. After the story was published, journalist Sinisa Lukovic was the target of anonymous threats and insults via Facebook. The Basic Prosecution Office in Kotor initiated an investigation to identify the perpetrators.
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