Kosovo's former president Hashim Thaci has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a tribunal in The Hague for war crimes, in a verdict that sparked shock and anger among many Kosovars.

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci was found guilty of war crimes committed as part of the Kosovo Liberation Army including murder, torture and illegal arrests by a tribunal in The Hague on Wednesday.…

The 58-year-old Thaci, and three other former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army who fought Serb forces in the 1998-99 war, was convicted on four counts of war crimes: illegal and arbitrary arrest and detention, cruel treatment, torture, and murder.

Kosovo former president Hashim Thaci was found guilty during Hague war crimes trial and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Thaci was convicted by the Hague court of four counts of war crimes...