30 years in prison for crimes against humanity and war crimes. Bosco Ntaganda, the former leader of the Congolese rebels, issued such a sentence.

In July of this year, he convicted Ntaganda of 18 counts. This is involvement in the killings of civilians, the recruitment of minors for military service, rape, including children, and coercion to sexual slavery.

Ntaganda committed all these crimes in 2002-2003 in the east of DR Congo in Ituri province. For his actions, the former militant received the nickname "

Judge Robert Fremr, reading out the verdict, said that there were no extenuating circumstances for the offender.

Ntaganda even personally shot a Catholic priest, setting an example for soldiers.

Representatives of some victims requested life imprisonment for Ntaganda..

ICC wanted ex-leader of Congolese rebels in 2006. Even then, he was suspected of war crimes.. In 2013, Ntaganda voluntarily surrendered, coming to the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda.

The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch said that the Congolese must also be tried for crimes committed by him in other provinces of the DR Congo.