An autopsy has been carried out to establish the cause of the death of General Djuro Brodarac, who passed away in a hospital in the eastern city of Osijek on Wednesday where he was transferred from the local prison, but the results will first be forwarded to the investigating judge who ordered the autopsy and later to the family and his lawyer, according to Brodarac's lawyer Petar Sale.
The lawyer told reporters on Thursday that this procedure would take several days. He again pointed the accusing finger at the judicial system, saying that the investigating judge had set a month-long detention for Brodarac, suspected of war crimes in Sisak, although he possessed all medical documentation showing that Brodarac was in poor health.
Brodarac fell sick on 12 July and was transferred by ambulance from the penitentiary to the Cardiology Department of the Clinical Hospital Centre in Osijek. His condition deteriorated that night and he died shortly after 0800 hrs Wednesday in the hospital's intensive care unit.
The funeral of Brodarac, a wartime police chief in Sisak and former long-standing Sisak county prefect and Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) MP, is scheduled for 1700 hrs Friday in Sisak.
Apart from the deceased Brodarac, two more men -- Vladimir Milankovic and Dragan Bosnjak -- are held responsible for war crimes committed in Sisak in 1991 and 1992. The three men were taken to investigative custody three weeks ago after a month-long detention was set for them.
The Osijek County Court said on its web site today that the investigating judge in the case has suspended criminal prosecution of Brodarac.
