Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci sentenced to 25 years for war crimes - Al Jazeera

Thaci, 58, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for ‌crimes including murder, ​torture and illegal detention.

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The Kosovo war crimes tribunal has convicted former Kosovar President Hashim Thaci of four counts of war crimes committed during his country’s war for independence from Serbia.

Thaci, 58, was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years in prison for ‌crimes, including murder, torture and illegal detention, committed as top commander of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) during the ⁠territory’s violent break ⁠from Serbia in the 1990s.

The Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) in The Hague, Netherlands, said he was ⁠guilty of the murder ⁠of 96 political ⁠opponents and perceived collaborators with Serbian security forces by the KLA during the conflict.