Bosnia siege leader gets 20 years
A Bosnian Serb general has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the siege of Sarajevo, during which thousands of civilians died. General Stanislav Galic is the first suspect to be tried exclusively in connection with the three-year siege of the Bosnian capital that ended in 1995. The general was convicted of commanding forces which terrorised the Bosnian capital with mortar and sniper attacks. The Hague judge said: “No civilian of Sarajevo was safe anywhere.” Full Story