Risto Perisić is a senior member of the "Crisis Staff Committee" responsible for the civilian administration of the municipality of Višegrad in eastern

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and ...

and commander of police at the time of the outbreak of the

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...

(1992–95), at the time when the

Višegrad massacres The Višegrad massacres were acts of mass murder committed against the Bosniak civilian population of the town and municipality of Višegrad during the ethnic cleansing of eastern Bosnia by Serb police and military forces during the spring and sum ...

took place and Višegrad was purged of its entire Bosniak population in a campaign of terror conducted by

Milan Lukić Milan Lukić ( sr-cyr, Милан Лукић; born 6 September 1967) is a Bosnian Serb war criminal who led the White Eagles paramilitary group during the Bosnian War. He was found guilty by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yug ...

and his White Eagles gang.http://www.icty.org/x/cases/milan_lukic_sredoje_lukic/tjug/en/090720_j.pdf ICTY: Milan Lukić and Sredoje Lukić judgement. Accessed 13 December 2010. Perisić as commander of police for the municipality of Višegrad took no action to check Lukić and members of the local police took part directly in numerous acts of violence against the civilian population.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perisic, Risto Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Višegrad Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Military personnel of the Bosnian War