Bosnia jails Serb 14 years on warcrimes

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina, July 3 (UPI) -- A Sarajevo court has sentenced a former Bosnian Serb police officer to 14 years in prison for killing 200 Bosnian non-Serb civilians in 1992.

Damir Ivankovic, who admitted he was guilty of war crimes charges, was sentenced by the Bosnia-Herzegovina court in Sarajevo for taking part in the shooting of more than 200 Bosnian Muslim and Croat civilians on Mount Vlasic, near Prijedor in northwest Bosnia, on Aug. 21, 1992, the Nezavisne daily reported Friday.

On June 22, Ivankovic made a deal with Bosnia-Herzegovina prosecutors, agreeing to testify at the trials of others accused of war crimes in the large region in northwestern Bosnia-Herzegovina controlled by Bosnian Serb military and police units during the 1992-95 Bosnia war.

In return, the prosecutors agreed to seek for Ivankovic a prison term from eight to 15 years, instead of a maximum of 20 years in jail.

Judge Minka Kreho pronounced Ivankovic guilty of the crime against humanity and persecution against Muslims and Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Nezavisne said.