THE HAGUE: The UN’s Yugoslav war crimes court found Bosnian Serb general Zdravko Tolimir guilty of genocide yesterday for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s worst atrocity since World War II, and sentenced him to life in jail. “The majority of the court finds you guilty” of crimes including genocide, Judge Christoph Flugge said at the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
“Zdravko Tolimir, you are hereby sentenced to life imprisonment,” the judge then told the gaunt former commander yesterday, who crossed himself three times before the verdict was handed down.
Munira Subasic, president of the Mothers of Srebrenica victims’ association, said the judgement was “good for the future of Bosnia-Herzegovina”.
AFP
