The conviction of Pavle Strugar stemmed from his failure to stop an attack on civilians and destruction of protected buildings during the 1991 shelling of the historic Croatian city of Dubrovnik.
The court convicted Strugar on two of six counts of violating laws of war. He commanded Yugoslav forces during the Dubrovnik siege. It ruled that although he did not order the attack of Dubrovnik's Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, he failed to stop it.
(Reuters/AFP)
The court convicted Strugar on two of six counts of violating laws of war. He commanded Yugoslav forces during the Dubrovnik siege. It ruled that although he did not order the attack of Dubrovnik's Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, he failed to stop it.
(Reuters/AFP)