Serbia 'admits role' in Srebrenica massacre

The Bosnian Serb government has admitted police forces from Serbia took part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of up to 8,000 Muslims…

The Bosnian Serb government has admitted police forces from Serbia took part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of up to 8,000 Muslims, a Bosnian daily reported today.

Sarajevo-based Oslobodjenjesaid the admission was contained in the latest report by a government commission investigating Europe's worst war atrocity since World War II.

"The Bosnian Serb Interior Ministry in co-operation with the panel has confirmed the involvement in the Srebrenica massacre of joint forces of the Serbian Interior Ministry under the command of Ljubomir Borovcanin," it quoted the report as saying.