UN tribunal sentences ex-Serbia army chief to 27 years

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

Perisic, 67, was found guilty of helping Serb troops plan and carry out war crimes — including the killing of 8,000 Muslim men and boys at 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 convicted over Serbia’s role in the wars in Bosnia and Croatia — a role the Serb government has always denied.