Belgrade Court Convicts Bosnian Serb of War Crime

A court in Belgrade sentenced a former Bosnian Serb soldier to seven years in prison for the murder of a Bosniak civilian in the Kljuc area during the Bosnian war in 1992.

Belgrade Higher Court handed down a first-instance verdict on Tuesday sentencing Milanko Devic, a former Bosnian Serb Army soldier, to seven years in prison for killing a Bosniak civilian in 1992.

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13. November 2018. | 17:40

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Devic was found guilty of killing civilian Ismet Sljivar in the second half of July 1992 in the village of Sljivari in the Bosnian municipality of Kljuc, together with two other fighters.

According to the prosecution, the three men arrived at Sljivar’s house armed, in Bosnian Serb Army uniforms. Using threats, they took Sljivar to a site near the river Sanica, where they shot him dead and threw his body in the river.

Tuesday’s verdict can be appealed.

Devic was initially charged before the Bosnian state court, but the case was turned over to the Serbian judiciary since, according to the Bosnian prosecution, Devic holds Serbian citizenship and almost never visits Bosnia.

Charges against Devic were filed in Serbia in April 2016, according to the Serbian war crimes prosecution.

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