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until 14 July 2005. There were three defence witnesses and twelve witness statements. The parties made their closing arguments on 30 and 31 August 2005. The Trial
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Halilović ran afoul of the political leaders of Bosnia who in turn were likely responsible for the failed attempt on Halilović's life. On 7 July 1993 at 14:10h Halilović's flat was bombed using a remote detonated explosive device. While Halilović, his son and daughter were not killed,
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his wife Mediha and her brother Edin Rondić died. Rondić appeared on the balcony in a military uniform at the same time that
Halilović came home for lunch with his family. The assassins likely mistook Rondić for Halilović and detonated the device.
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which described some of the events which shaped wartime Bosnia. In April 2006 Semir
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