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UN tribunal charges former Croatian army chief of staff with war crimes

UN tribunal charges former Croatian army chief of staff with war crimes

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The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has charged the former Croatian army chief of staff with war crimes.

On Friday, the Tribunal unsealed an indictment against Gen. Janko Bobetko, 83, charging him with five counts of crimes against humanity and violations of the laws and customs of war for the "unlawful killing of at least 100 Serb civilians and captured or wounded soldiers" during and after a 1993 operation in a Serb-dominated area known as the Medak Pocket.

The indictment claims that General Bobetko knew his troops were killing Serbs and failed to take "necessary and reasonable" measures to prevent such acts or punish the perpetrators.