Croat sentenced to death

BANJA LUKA - A Serb court sentenced a Bosnian Croat soldier, Ivan Stjepanovic, to death yesterday after convicting him of war…

BANJA LUKA - A Serb court sentenced a Bosnian Croat soldier, Ivan Stjepanovic, to death yesterday after convicting him of war crimes including involvement in the death of more than 80 Serb villagers.

Stjepanovic was found guilty of killing some of the villagers and of abetting the killing of others over a period of four months.

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