Eight Serbs convicted of war crimes
Two Bosnian Serb army officers were jailed for life today for genocide at the UN-declared safe zone of Srebrenica in 1995.
Another officer was been found guilty of aiding and abetting genocide in the “summary execution” of more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslims in the enclave and given 35 years in prison by the UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague.
If their convictions are upheld, Vujadin Popovic and Ljubia Beara will be the only defendants sentenced for genocide by the UN Yugoslav tribunal.
Five other Bosnian Serb army and police officers also were convicted of war crimes and given sentences ranging from five to 19 years.
The Srebrenica case is the largest trial ever conducted by the UN Yugoslav court.
