Former Territorial Defence building in Teslić

In the basement of the Territorial Defence building in Teslić, where the Territorial Defence Headquarters were located, under the control of the reserve police forces, members of the “Miće” unit and soldiers of VRS, a detention facility was established for Bosniaks and operated from early June to mid-July 1992. The prisoners witnessed the beatings of other prisoners and their deaths resulting from the beatings. In August 1992, members of the “Miće” unit killed 40 prisoners held at the Territorial Defence building. Soon afterwards, the detention facility was closed.

For war crimes committed in the Municipality of Prnjavor, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted, under the command responsibility doctrine, Momčilo Krajišnik, the wartime president of the Republika Srpska Assembly, sentencing him to 20 years in prison, Biljana Plavšić, the wartime member of the Presidency of Republika Srpska, sentencing her to 11 years in prison, Mićo Stanišić, wartime minister of interior of Republika Srpska, sentencing him to 22 yers in prison, Stojan Župljanin, chief of SJB Banja Luka, sentencing him to 22 years in prison, and Radoslav Brđanin, president of the Crisis Staff of the Autonomous Region of Krajina, sentencing him to 30 years in prison.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina convicted: Dragan Marjanović, commander of the Military Police unit of the VRS Teslić Brigade, sentencing him to 14 years in prison, other members of the unit who were also members of the military portion of the “Miće” formation, Saša Gavranović, sentencing him to 15 years in prison, Vitomir Dević, sentencing him to 15 years in prison, Zoran Šljuka, sentencing him to 15 years in prison and Dragomir Kezunović, sentencing him to 14 years in prison. Marjanović, Gavranović, Dević, Šljuka and Kezunović were convicted as conspirators for crimes against 28 civilians who had been held prisoner at SJB Teslić, the Territorial Defence building and the Pribinić military jail and for taking them to Mount Borje in the night between 17 and 18 June 1992, and killing them there.
The Cantonal Court in Zenica convicted Tomo Mihajlović and sentenced him to 4 years in prison for crimes committed in the Teslić Territorial Defence building.