Former Bosnian Serb leader convicted of genocide, sentenced to 40 years in prison

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Forrmer Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was found guilty Thursday of genocide in the 44-month siege of Sarajevo during the 1990s, and nine other war crimes.

Some 8,000 Muslim men and boys died during the siege in Srebrenica in 1995, making it the worst war atrocity in Europe since World War II. Karadzic, 70, was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Karadzic was tried before a United Nations war crimes tribunal in Europe and faced 11 charges.

Presiding Judge O-Gon Kwon says Karadzic is criminally responsible for murder, attacking civilians and terror for overseeing the deadly siege of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, during the country’s war.

He was the most senior Bosnian Serb leader to face for atrocities that occurred during the 1992-1995 trial. To the end, Karadzic insisted he was innocent and only intending to protect Serbs.

Earlier in the day, U.N. judges acquitted him of another charge of genocide in Bosnian towns… see more

source: usatoday

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