A Bosnian Serb former army commander has confessed to his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of thousands of Muslim men and boys in a plea agreement with Hague tribunal prosecutors, the court said on Tuesday. Momir Nikolic, one of four Bosnian Serb ex-army commanders due to go on trial this month charged with war crimes at Srebrenica in the 1992-95 Bosnian war, admitted his role in Europe’s worst massacre since World War II in the plea deal. Nikolic agreed to plead guilty to one charge of persecution — a crime against humanity — in return for four other charges being dropped by prosecutors. He also agreed to testify against co-accused Vidoje Blagojevic, Dragan Obrenovic and Dragan Jokic. Nikolic, an assistant intelligence commander in the Bratunac Brigade which encircled the Srebrenica “safe area,” admitted in the agreement to attending army meetings in July 1995 at which plans to execute Muslim men was openly discussed. Full Story
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