Three Bosnian Serb paramilitaries convicted for role in Strpci massacre | International

BELGRADE, Oct 14, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A Belgrade court sentenced three Bosnian Serb paramilitaries on Tuesday for war crimes linked to the massacre of 20 civilians in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s. They were found guilty of kidnapping non-Serb civilians from a train in the village of Strpci during the Bosnian War in 1993. The victims were beaten, robbed, and later killed. Their killers have never been identified. "The accused Gojko Lukic and Dusko Vasijevic were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, while Dragana Djekic was sentenced to five years," a war crimes court in Belgrade said. This is a first-instance verdict, and the men can appeal. The trio were accused initially along with another man, who has...