Veselin Šljivančanin Military person

Veselin Šljivančanin (Serbian: Веселин Шљиванчанин, born 13 June 1953) is a former Montenegrin officer in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) who participated in the Battle of Vukovar and was subsequently convicted on a war crimes indictment by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for his role in the Vukovar massacre. His prison sentence was changed twice, from five to 17 to ten years.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 13, 1953
Birth place
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , Žabljak

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Military person

allegiance(until 2001)
military operations
Battle of Vukovar
military branch
Yugoslav People's Army

Veselin Šljivančanin on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1937767.stm
  2. http://www.icty.org/case/mrksic