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UN appeals court upholds conviction of Yugoslav army general for shelling Dubrovnik |
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Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Sunday, 20 July 2008 |
Former Yugoslav army general Pavle Strugar, 75, is seen in the courtroom of the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, July 17, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/ Fred Ernst, Pool
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Appeals judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have upheld the conviction of a Yugoslav army general for overseeing the deadly 1991 shelling of the historic coastal city of Dubrovnik.
The appeals panel also added two more counts to Gen. Pavle Strugar's original 2005 conviction, but reduced his original sentence from eight years to seven and a half years because of his deteriorating health.
Strugar, 75, showed no emotion as Thursday's ruling was read.
He was originally convicted of two counts of willful destruction of Dubrovnik and attacking civilians.
Judges added two more convictions for unjustified devastation of the town and attacking civilian sites.
Dubrovnik is on UNESCO's list of protected world cultural heritage sites for its Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture.
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