Murder or War Crime? Why Bosnia Had a Dilemma – BIRN

BIRN examines why wartime authorities in Sarajevo prosecuted Bosniak fighters who killed civilians for murder but not for war crimes. According to the article, the wartime administration did this “because it feared being accused of acting as heinously as its opponents.”

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