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, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

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

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incid ...

(1992–95), at the time when the

Višegrad massacres The Višegrad massacres were acts of mass murder committed against the Bosniaks, Bosniak civilian population of the town and municipality of Višegrad during the ethnic cleansing of eastern Bosnia by Republika Srpska (1992–1995), Republika Srpsk ...

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 the former leader of the Bosnian Serb paramilitary force the White Eagles that operated during the Bosnian War. He was found guilty by the International Criminal Tribunal for ...

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