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General guilty of Srebrenica genocide

Thursday 02 August 2001 00:00 BST
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A Bosnian Serb general was today sentenced to 46 years in prison for his role in killing up to 8,000 Muslims at the UN-protected enclave of Srebrenica in 1995.

The sentence for Gen. Radislav Krstic followed the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal's verdict. It was the first time the tribunal has ruled that genocide was committed in the Bosnian war, and the first genocide conviction in Europe since World War II.

The court ruled that even though Krstic may have received orders from others to carry out mass executions of men and deportations of women and children, he bore responsibility for genocide.

Presiding Judge Almiro Rodrigues, said: "In July 1995, General Krstic, you agreed to evil."

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