September 28, 2007	Friday	Ramazan 15, 1428

THE HAGUE, Sept 27: The UN war crimes court on Thursday convicted former Serb commander Mile Mrksic for his role in the 1991 Vukovar massacre of nearly 200 Croats and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.

Mrskic’s subordinate officer Veselin Sljivancanin was sentenced to five years in prison for aiding and abetting torture, while a third accused, Miroslav Radic, was acquitted in the absence of evidence that he was aware of the killings. Chief UN War Crimes Prosecutor criticised the sentence on Sljivancanin.—AFP