Karadzic responsible over siege of Sarajevo – judge

Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic in the courtroom for the reading of his verdict at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, The Netherlands Thursday March 24, 2016. The former Bosnian-Serbs leader is indicted for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. (Robin van Lonkhuijsen, Pool via AP)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Presiding Judge O-Gon Kwon says former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is criminally responsible for murder, attacking civilians and terror for overseeing the deadly 44-month siege of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, during the country’s war.

Kwon says Karadzic used a campaign of sniping and shelling targeting the city’s civilians as a way of furthering his political goals.

The judgment of the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal says Karadzic was “instrumental” in the campaign by Bosnian Serb forces.