Bosnian Srebrenica commander acquitted of war crimes 8 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy the Associated PressA Bosnian appeals court on Friday acquitted the wartime commander of Srebrenica who was accused of committing atrocities during the 1992-95 Balkan conflict. Naser Oric was accused of killing three Serb prisoners of war in villages around Srebrenica in the early days of the conflict. Oric had also been tried by the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, where he was also acquitted in 2008. The Srebrenica massacre, the worst single atrocity in Europe since World War II, was defined as genocide by the tribunal.

Source: Manila Bulletin November 30, 2018 14:26 UTC