A Bosnian court has sentenced an Islamist militant to 45 years in prison for a deadly bomb attack, the longest sentence handed down in that country for terrorism.Haris Causevic was found guilty of planting and triggering a bomb behind a police station in the town of Bugojno in June 2010. One policeman was killed and several others wounded in the explosion.
The judge said the aim of the terrorist attack was to "intimidate the population and seriously destabilize Bosnia-Herzegovina's basic political, constitutional, and social structures" with a view to establishing Shari'a law in the country.
Causevic, who is a follower of Wahhabism, was the prime suspect in the case. Another suspect was acquitted due to lack of evidence. A third suspect has already been sentenced to 14 years in jail.