Bosnian State Court sentenced on Friday three Bosnian Serbs to a total of 25 years in prison for the crimes against civilians committed in the northwestern Bosnian town of Sanski Most during the 1992-95 war.

The final verdict has been handed down after a three-year-long trial.

Goran Mrdja was sentenced to 11, while Milorad Mrdja and Mile Kokot each got seven years behind bars for committing the war crimes as members of Bosnian Serb forces in the town of Sanski Most, mostly populated by Bosniaks.

According to the indictment, the defendants acted contrary to the rules of the international humanitarian law, they violated the Geneva Convention, were killing civilians, threatened them and forced others for rape.

They were accused as members of the 7th infantry brigade of the Republika Srpska Army of committing the crime against community cited in the Article 173 of Bosnia's Criminal Code.

Goran Mrdja was sentenced in the first-instance verdict in May last year to 14 years in prison, Milorad Mrdja to eight and Mile Kokot to ten years. Ranko Mrdja was acquitted of charges in the same procedure.

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed the indictment on January 20, 2015.