Serbia Convicts Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier of War Crimes

A Serbian court sentenced a former Bosnian Serb fighter to four years in prison for killing one Bosniak civilian and trying to kill two others in Bosanski Petrovac in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992.

Belgrade Higher Court on Wednesday sentenced Milan Dragisic, a former soldier in the Bosnian Serb Army, to four years in prison for killing a Bosniak civilian and attempting to murder two others on September 20, 1992 during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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24. april 2019. | 19:01

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According to the verdict, Dragisic killed a civilian named Asim Kavaz, then tried to kill his son Muhamed and another man, Asmir Lemes, in the western Bosnian town of Bosanski Petrovac.

He was acquitted of two more murders and one attempted murder.

The indictment had alleged that Dragisic shot Kavaz and two other Bosniak civilians dead and attempted to kill three others.

The prosecution claimed that he went on a rampage after seeing the dead body of his brother Dragan, who was killed in battle in Bihac in north-west Bosnia.

He pleaded not guilty in June 2015.

The first-instance verdict can be appealed.

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