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Bosnian Serb acquitted of war crimes charges Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:50 PM BST SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's war crimes court acquitted Serb Zoran Jankovic on Tuesday on charges of crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian 1992-95 war. Jankovic, 47, is the first suspect the court has found not guilty since it was launched in 2005. The indictment alleged that Jankovic participated in the killing of 36 Muslim villagers and wounding three others in April 1992 and in setting the victims' bodies on fire to cover up the crime, it said. It also alleged he took part in the forced removal of captured civilians following an attack on two eastern Bosnian villages. On Monday, the court sentenced Bosnian Serbs Goran and Zoran Damjanovic to 12 years, and 10 years and six months respectively for crimes against civilians. Goran Damjanovic was also found guilty of illegal possession of arms and ammunition. The court said the pair took part in beating a group of some 30 Muslims prisoners in the area of Bojnik near Sarajevo in 1992 "with the use of rifles, batons and bottles resulting in the victims' severe physical and mental pain and suffering". The war crimes court was set up to alleviate some of the workload from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. It is taking over low and mid-level cases as the Hague-based court plans to wind down by 2010. About two dozen suspects are being tried or are awaiting trial at the Bosnian war crimes court.
