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THE HAGUE, Belgium, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A former prison camp commander has pleaded guilty to crimes against humanity, including torture, at the international tribunal at the Hague in Belgium.
Dragan Nikolic, a Bosnian Serb, reversed his initial plea of innocence made after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors.
He admitted to four counts of persecution, murder and torture of his Muslim prisoners, and abetting sexual violence at the camp during the 1992-95 civil war.
He is due to be sentenced later this year with prosecutors expected to seek a prison term of at least 15 years.
According to the BBC, the indictment states that about 8,000 Muslims and other non-Serbs were held in cramped conditions at the camp between May and October 1992.
Nikolic, a 46-year-old former metal worker, admitted to brutally injuring or killing prisoners in the following ways: He used metal piping, rifle butts and wooden bats to beat inmates.
He also admitted forcing a bayonet and a pistol into prisoners' mouths.
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