Former Bosnian Serb general Stanislav Galic has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment at the Hague war crimes tribunal after being found guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
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Stanislav Galic is the first suspect to be tried by the UN war crimes tribunal exclusively in connection with the 44-month siege of the Bosnian capital. He was found guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
"General Galic, the trial chamber...sentences you to a single sentence of 20 years," presiding judge Mr Alphons Orie said.
"Hundreds of civilians were killed and thousands injured from sniping and shelling incidents in the period covered by the indictment," the judge said.
"No civilian of Sarajevo was safe anywhere."
The civilians of Sarajevo were subjected to incessant sniper and shell fire during the period between September 1992 and August 1994 when Major-General Galic headed the Bosnian Serbs' 18,000-strong Sarajevo Romanija Corps.
The tribunal found Galic guilty of murder and inhumane acts and said forces under his control had deliberately targeted civilians to spread terror in Sarajevo.