BRIEF: Three Bosnia Serbs Convicted of War Crimes

SARAJEVO, Bosnia - A war crimes court in Bosnia has convicted three men of the September 1992 massacre of 23 Muslim civilians.  The men were found guilty of shooting 27 civilians to death as they were forced to line up next to a cliff's edge.  Twenty-three of the men, women, and children among the civilians died.  Four survived the massacre, with one agreeing to testify openly before the defendants in court. 

The court found in this case that none of the civilians who were killed were ever involved in Bosnia's 1992-1995 war. 

Milorad Savic, Mirko Pekez, and (two men with the same name) Mirko Pekez received sentences ranging between 21 and 29 years in prison.

For more information, please see:

BBC - Bosnia war crimes trio convicted - 22 April 2008