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Bosnian Serbs welcome released war criminal Momcilo Krajisnik home as a hero
PALE, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Singing Serbian national songs and waving flags, more than 2,000 people welcomed convicted war criminal Momcilo Krajisnik home as a national hero on Friday evening.
He returned to Bosnia after being granted early release from a British prison where he had served two thirds of his 20-year sentence.
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He was arrested in 2000 and convicted by the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, of persecuting and forcibly expelling non-Serbs during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia. His initial 27-year sentence was reduced on appeal.
The former Bosnian Serb Parliament speaker was granted early release by the tribunal’s president, Theodor Meron, in July.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/bosnian-serbs-welcome-released-war-criminal-momcilo-krajisnik-home-as-a-hero/2013/08/30/8ce8d93e-119f-11e3-a2b3-5e107edf9897_story.html
Video here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23910285
I think Bosnia has some way to go, if the Bosnian Serbs are still so enthusiastic about a guy like that.