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Rebel Serb leader Martic sentenced to 35 years
1 of 2. Former Croatian Serb leader Milan Martic, accused of hundreds of murders and ordering the shelling of Zagreb, awaits his verdict in a courtroom of the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, the Netherlands, June 12, 2007.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The U.N. war crimes tribunal sentenced the former leader of rebel Serbs in Croatia, Milan Martic, to 35 years in jail for his role in atrocities committed while rebel Serbs set up a breakaway state in Croatia.
Martic, 52, was found guilty of criminal responsibility for the murder, persecution, torture and deportation of Croats, Muslims and other non Serb civilians, but cleared of extermination. He was also convicted for ordering the unlawful shelling of the Croatian capital Zagreb in May 1995.
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