The Kosovo war crimes court in The Hague found Kosovo's former President Hashim Thaçi guilty of war crimes and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.
Thaçi, 58, was convicted of murder, torture and unlawful detention allegedly committed while he was a senior commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army during Kosovo's separation from Serbia in the 1990s.
Prosecutors had sought maximum sentences of 45 years in prison for Thaçi and the other defendants, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi. Thaçi and the other defendants had denied the war crimes and crimes against humanity charges.