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THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The international war crimes court has handed down a 20-year prison sentence to a former Bosnian Serb general who oversaw the three-year siege of Sarajevo.
Stanislav Galic was found guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
He is the first suspect to be tried by the United Nations war crimes tribunal exclusively in connection with the 44-month siege of the Bosnian capital, Sky News said.
By a 2-1 decision, the tribunal ruled Galic, 58, ordered his troops to fire on civilians while they were going about their daily lives, "with the primary purpose of spreading terror".
Galic was convicted of five counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes during the two-year period he commanded the siege, 1992-94, the tribunal ruled.
Nearly 12,000 people, including more than 1,000 children, were killed during the siege, which human rights groups described as the worst massacre in Europe since the end of World War II.
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