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![]() Monday, November 16, 1998 Published at 11:14 GMT ![]() ![]() World: Europe ![]() Three guilty in Bosnia trial ![]() Mass unmarked graves have been discovered in Bosnia ![]() Two Bosnian Muslims and a Bosnian Croat have been found guilty of war crimes at a Yugoslav war tribunal in the Hague.
Witnesses at the trial described how camp inmates were tortured, beaten to death by guards wielding baseball bats, set on fire, and raped.
A fourth man, Bosnian Muslim military commander Zejnil Delalic, had the case against him dismissed. In Celebici region, more than half the population were Bosnian Muslims, and a quarter Bosnian Croats. It is more than a year since the tribunal convicted a Bosnian Serb war criminal. Camp of absolute fear Hazim Delic was found guilty of murder and rape and given the heaviest sentence - 20 years. Judges said he had taken sadistic pleasure in causing pain and created a climate of terror and absolute fear around the camp.
Judges did not accept his claim that he had been forced to do what he did. Command hierachy The other two defendents had not been accused of directly committing atrocities but of failing to stop them. The prosecution had attempted to suggest that the entire command hierarchy could be held responsible for war crimes, and not just those involved in the day-to-day running of the camp. However, the regional military commander, Zejnil Dalalic, was acquitted on all charges. Judges found that his connection to the Celibici camp was too remote. But they said that Zdravko Mucic failed to ensure that prisoners in his charge were well treated. He was sentenced to seven years in prison. In the trial the camp commander said that he helped the Serbs being detained. He argued that he tried to bring them food and medicine. ![]() |
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