Sarajevo commander jailed for 33 years

The UN tribunal sentenced a former Bosnian Serb general to 33 years imprisonment today for ordering the deadly shelling of Sarajevo…

The UN tribunal sentenced a former Bosnian Serb general to 33 years imprisonment today for ordering the deadly shelling of Sarajevo and terrorizing its civilians during the Bosnia war.

Judges found Dragomir Milosevic guilty of crimes that include responsibility for terror, murder, and attacks on civilians by troops of his Sarajevo Romanija Corps (SRK) unit of the Bosnian Serb Army.

Prosecutors at the tribunal in The Hague had demanded life imprisonment for the 65-year-old.

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