Seven former Bosnian Serb military and police officials were convicted of war crimes on Thursday in The Hague by a U.N. tribunal and sentenced to long-term imprisonment.
Two high-ranking members of the Bosnian Serb army, Vujadin Popovic and Ljubisa Beara, were found guilty of genocide, extermination, murder, and persecution in the infamous Srebrenica massacre. Both men received the life sentences from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Col. Popovic was named as one of the major participants of the Srebrenica massacre. “He was found to have been present at a number of sites where captured Bosnian Muslims were detained or executed between July 13 and 23,” the court said.
Ljubisa Beara, chief of Security in the Bosnian Serb army, personally visited several execution sites. “His vigorous efforts to organize locations and sites, recruit personnel, secure equipment, and oversee executions all evidence his grim determination to kill as many as possible as quickly as possible,” described his action said the Hague Tribunal.
Five other military and police officials were jailed for between 5 and 35 years.
Two high-ranking members of the Bosnian Serb army, Vujadin Popovic and Ljubisa Beara, were found guilty of genocide, extermination, murder, and persecution in the infamous Srebrenica massacre. Both men received the life sentences from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Col. Popovic was named as one of the major participants of the Srebrenica massacre. “He was found to have been present at a number of sites where captured Bosnian Muslims were detained or executed between July 13 and 23,” the court said.
Ljubisa Beara, chief of Security in the Bosnian Serb army, personally visited several execution sites. “His vigorous efforts to organize locations and sites, recruit personnel, secure equipment, and oversee executions all evidence his grim determination to kill as many as possible as quickly as possible,” described his action said the Hague Tribunal.
Five other military and police officials were jailed for between 5 and 35 years.
