General gets 33 years for Sarajevo shelling

THE UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia yesterday sentenced former Bosnian Serb general Dragomir Milosevic to 33 years’ imprisonment for the shelling of Sarajevo during the Bosnian war.

Judges found Milosevic — no relation to former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic — guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder and inhumane acts by troops of his Sarajevo Romanija Corps (SRK) unit of the Bosnian Serb Army.

Human rights organisations estimate that about 12,000 people, including 1,500 children, were killed in the Muslim-held part of Sarajevo in fighting and sniper attacks during the conflict. Thousands more struggled daily to survive, in conditions compared to World War Two.