...Milan Lukic was the ringleader in both incidents, helping herd
victims into the houses, setting the fires and shooting those who tried to flee
the flames. The judgment said his cousin Sredoje Lukic aided and abetted in one
of the blazes.
Witnesses "vividly remembered the terrible screams of the
people in the house," Robinson said, adding that Milan Lukic used the butt of
his rifle to herd people into the house, and said, "come on, let's get as many
people inside as possible." Milan Lukic shook his head but looked unmoved as Robinson pronounced sentence.Sredoje Lukic leaned back in his chair, his face blank. Even Robinson, a veteran judge at the tribunal that has been
prosecuting Balkan war crimes for 15 years, sounded stunned by the Visegrad
atrocities.
"The perpetration by Milan Lukic and Sredoje Lukic of crimes in
this case is characterized by a callous and vicious disregard for human life,"
he said. "In the all-too-long, sad and wretched history of man's inhumanity
to man, the Pionirska street and Bikavac fires must rank high," the judge
added.
Monday, July 20, 2009
We Live in a Beautiful World
The ICTY has convicted two Bosnian Serbs with the "burning alive" of 119 civilian muslims. Milan Lukic and Sredoje Lukic have been sentenced to Life in prison and 30 years in prison respectively.
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