In Sarajevo's municipality of Novi Grad, during the ongoing construction works, human remains were discovered today at the Alipašin Most site, more precisely, several bone fragments, for which a forensic doctor confirmed to be the remains of human origin.

The works were suspended, and an exhumation process has been initiated, coordinated by an investigator from the Special Department for War Crimes of the Prosecutor's Office of B&H.

The representatives of the Institute for Missing Persons (INO) of B&H, a forensic pathologist, the workers and mechanization, as well as police officers of the Sarajevo Canton Ministry of the Interior, are all at the mentioned location.

According to the preliminary examination of the site, the investigators found remains of at least three bodies.

After the exhumation, the remains will be sent for further forensic processing and identification through DNA analysis, stated the Prosecutor's Office of B&H.