Bosnian Croat Pleads Guilty to War Crimes
A former Bosnian Croat special forces soldier pleaded guilty to war crimes at the Yugoslav tribunal as part of a deal with prosecutors.
Miroslav Bralo, 37, confessed to rape, torture, murder and using prisoners as human shields to protect Bosnian Croat soldiers from sniper fire. Bralo was a member of a unit responsible for attacks on Bosnian Muslim villages in the Lasva Valley of central Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1993.
Bralo could face a maximum life sentence under the court’s guidelines but is unlikely to do so because he confessed guilt and expressed remorse.
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