(31 Mar 2016) The Bosnian victims of atrocities by Serbian paramilitaries in the 1990s Balkan wars were outraged at the acquittal of ultranationalist politician Vojislav Seselj at The Hague tribunal on Thursday.
Prosecutors had charged Seselj, 61, with crimes including persecution, murder and torture and had demanded a 28-year sentence.
But in a majority decision, the three-judge panel said there was insufficient evidence linking the politician himself to the crimes.
At village of Memici near Zvornik, where Serb troops committed mass killings during 1992, victims and their families said they were disappointed, but were already used to justice not being done.
Muharem Sinanovic was forced out of his village when the paramilitary group 'White Eagles' arrived in April of 1992.
His brother was arrested and later killed by the same forces.
Muharem was injured during the attack on his village and lost his left eye.
He said on Thursday that he had witnessed terrible events and that he hoped justice would come one day.
Hajrudin Okanovic's father was killed by the 'White Eagles' in May of 1992.
His full skeleton was never found, only a few bones scattered in mass grave near Zvornik were unearthed.
Hajrudin said he felt sad to learn Seselj had walked free.
But he added that even if Seselj had been sentenced to one hundred years, "it would not have been of much consolation to us."
More then 1,500 Bosnian Muslims were killed by Serb forces in Zvornik at the beginning of the Bosnian war in 1992.
Most of the bodies were found in several mass graves around this small eastern Bosnian town.
Victims are buried at the Memici memorial centre.
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