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| Bosnian Serb jailed over Sarajevo | Bosnian Serb jailed over Sarajevo |
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| The UN tribunal in The Hague has jailed a former Bosnian Serb general for 33 years for attacks on civilians during the siege of Sarajevo. | The UN tribunal in The Hague has jailed a former Bosnian Serb general for 33 years for attacks on civilians during the siege of Sarajevo. |
| Dragomir Milosevic was found guilty of directing sniper and shell attacks from positions overlooking the city. | Dragomir Milosevic was found guilty of directing sniper and shell attacks from positions overlooking the city. |
| Prosecutors had demanded a life sentence for the 65-year-old, who had commanded the Sarajevo Romanija Corps (SRK) unit of the Bosnian Serb army. | Prosecutors had demanded a life sentence for the 65-year-old, who had commanded the Sarajevo Romanija Corps (SRK) unit of the Bosnian Serb army. |
| Thousands of Sarajevo's civilians died in the siege between 1992 and 1995. | Thousands of Sarajevo's civilians died in the siege between 1992 and 1995. |
| The city became synonymous with the conflict as television images were relayed around the world of a population facing food shortages and near-daily artillery attacks. | |
| Milosevic was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including responsibility for terror, murder and indiscriminate attacks on civilians. | |
| Milosevic pleaded not guilty to the charges. | |
| 'Horrific tale' | |
| Milosevic became commander of the SRK in 1994, taking over from Stanislav Galic, who has already been jailed for life by The Hague for his role in the siege. | |
| "The evidence presents an horrific tale of the encirclement and entrapment of a city and its bombardment," Judge Patrick Robinson said. | |
| According to prosecutors, "the SRK subjected Sarajevo to a prolonged and murderous campaign of terror through shelling and sniping of civilians". | |
| The Bosnian war ended with the Dayton accord of 1995 and the siege of Sarajevo was lifted in February the following year. | |
| Some 14,000 people had died during the siege, according to a research body linked to the Norwegian government. | |
| Most of the dead were Bosnian Muslims. Croats and Serbs who stayed on in the Bosnian-Muslim-held parts of the city were also among those killed. |