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Former Bosnian Serb leader Momcilo Krajisnik died at the age of 75 as a result of a corona infection. This was reported by the local portal "nezavisne.com", citing the university hospital in Banja Luka,
where Krajisnik was last treated. The convicted war criminal was during the Bosnian War (1992-1995) Parliament President of the separate state of the Serbian Republic (RS) established in Bosnia. He was a close confidante of the then RS President Radovan Karadzic,
whom the Hague Yugoslavia Tribunal sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide and other war crimes in 2019. Krajisnik was arrested in 2000 by French soldiers from the Bosnian peacekeeping force SFOR.
The Hague Tribunal had sentenced him to 27 years in prison in the first instance and to 20 years in prison on appeal. He served his time in prison in Great Britain. He was released in 2013. In the Serbian Republic he received a triumphant welcome on his return.
At the end of August, Krajisnik was taken to the Banja Luka University Hospital. A test found him to have a coronavirus infection. Immediately afterwards he had to be artificially ventilated.
Source: nezavisne.com/novosti/drustv…
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