Army chief jailed for war crimes

The UN’s Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal sentenced Serbia’s former army chief, Momcilo Perisic, to 27 years in jail yesterday for murder, persecution and attacks on civilians in Bosnia and Croatia in the 1990s.

By The Newsroom

Published 7th Sep 2011, 00:58 BST

Perisic, 67, was found guilty of helping Serb troops to plan and carry out war crimes, including the killing of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica and of the 42-month siege of Sarajevo. He was also convicted of securing financial and logistical support for Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia.

Perisic is the first Belgrade official to be convicted for Serbia’s role in the wars in Bosnia and Croatia.