(ANSA-AP) - SARAJEVO, 30 OCT - A court in Bosnia on Wednesday
sentenced a former Serb fighter to 20 years in prison for a
wartime massacre of a group of Bosniak civilians who were locked
in a house and burned alive, including a baby.
The Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina convicted Radomir Susnjar of
ta king part in the killings in June 1992 in the eastern town of
Visegrad. The Serb paramilitary fighters in the town robbed the
Bosniak civilians, who were mostly Muslim, before locking them
all in on e room and throwing in bombs while shooting those who
tried to escape.
The court said in the verdict that Susnjar searched the
civilians looking for hidden valuables and later "pushed the
last civilian in the column into the room and locked the door
making it impossible for them to get out of the house and run
away." The court said at least 25 civilians were killed,
including a two-day old baby. Susnjar's lawyer said he will
appeal the verdict.
Thousands of Bosniak civilians were killed after Bosnian
Serbs took control over much of eastern Bosnia early in the
1992-95 war. More than 100,000 people died in the conflict that
left millions homeless. (ANSA-AP).
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