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Serb cousins get life, 30 years for murder of Muslims in Bosnian War

The atrocities committed by Milan and Sredoje Lukic included twice locking scores of Muslims in houses and torching the buildings. Judges at the UN court called the murders "callous" and "vicious."

Milan, who received the life sentence, was found by the court to have been the ringleader in both incidents, with Sredoje found to have assisted in one of the burnings. Milan was also convicted of murdering 12 other Muslims.

The burnings claimed the lives of around 140 people, including women and children.

Read entire article at Deutsche Welle