A Bosnian Muslim woman has been extradited from the United States to face allegations of war crimes.
Rasema Handanovic, 38, is accused of killing Bosnian Croat civilians during the 1990’s, along with Edin Dzeko, her alleged comrade, who was extradited from the US last week.
Both are suspected of being part of a Bosnian Army unit that attacked the Bosnian Croat village of Trusina in 1993, killing 18 civilians. Witnesses allege Handanovic personally shot civilians in the head.
According to testimony by combatants, Handanovic and her unit rounded up a group of residents along with three Croat soldiers, bound them and shot them.
As they lay dying, she "shot into the heads of two or three (Croat) soldiers who were lying on the ground and showing signs of life," a combatant testified. "She might have shot more of them, but I cannot remember now."
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