Bosnian Found Guilty of War Crimes
A Bosnian who fled to Denmark as a refugee was found guilty Tuesday of torturing fellow Muslims to death in a POW camp in his homeland and given eight years in prison.
The Copenhagen regional court’s verdict was the first in a series of war crimes trials being held outside the former Yugoslav federation.
The court found Refic Saric, 31, guilty on 14 counts of gross violence, two leading to the deaths of the victims. Saric claimed he was a victim of mistaken identity. He was declared mentally ill after arriving in Denmark with his wife and two children and will be given psychiatric care until he is well enough to serve time in jail.
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