Serbs on trial for filmed deaths of Bosnian Muslims

The landmark trial of five Serb militiamen charged with the videotaped murders of six young Bosnian Muslims in 1995 opened in Belgrade today.

The former Serb paramilitaries who fought in Bosnia were arrested earlier this year and charged with war crimes against civilians after the video was aired at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, and subsequently broadcast by TV stations in Serbia and Bosnia.