The Hague tribunal: Sentenced for War Crimes, Self - Victims Commander

Ongween, a formidable commander of God's Resistance Army. [ The LRA is the first member of this guerrilla organisation to appear before the tribunal.

He was sentenced to 61 out of 70 points of indictment for crimes against humanity and war crimes, the BBC writes, records Periscopi.

The charges were linked to attacks in four camps on displaced people in 2004.

Ongwen's sentence will be handed over at a later date. He could face life imprisonment.

The case presented a dilemma for the court because it seemed to be both a victim and an aggressor.

He said he was kidnapped by the LRA and forced later to be a child soldier before he grew up in rank and became the deputy commander of LRA, Joseph Konyt.

But, reading the verdict, presiding Judge Bertram Schmitt said: his “face is defined beyond any reasonable doubt. ”