The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina handed down a first-instance verdict by which ten accused of war crimes in Novi Grad - formerly Bosanski Novi, were sentenced to a total of 162 years in prison.
As members of the Republika Srpska Army, police and paramilitary formations, they killed 1992 people in Alići and Ekići in June 24 and were convicted for persecution of the non-Serb population, murders, forced relocation, torture and other inhuman acts.
It is stated that the court panel "concluded beyond any reasonable doubt that all the accused committed criminal acts or were accomplices, as described in the indictment."
Ranko Balaban, Ratko Goranja, Nikola Reljić, Mirko Odžić, Ranko and Dragan Baltić were sentenced to 18 years each, Rajko Karlica, Milenko Brčin, and Milenko Babić to 15 years each, while Miroslav Kapetanović was sentenced to nine years in prison, Detektor announced. – BIRN BiH.
Today's verdict can be appealed.
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