Convicted war criminal to teach at Serbia’s military academy

Convicted war criminal to teach at Serbia’s military academy

abc newsA former Serb general convicted of war crimes and two other commanders who took part in a bloody crackdown against Kosovo’s Albanians in the 1990s will be invited to teach at the Balkan country’s military academy, Serbia’s defense minister said Thursday.

Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin has praised former Gen. Vladimir Lazarevic, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a U.N. war crimes tribunal for atrocities committed by Serb troops in Kosovo during the 1998-99 violence that left over 10,000 people killed and nearly 1 million chased from homes.

The bloodshed stopped only after a 78-day NATO bombardment. Serbia doesn’t recognize Kosovo’s independence declared in 2008.

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