Nikolic was the first Bosnian Serb officer to plead guilty to involvement in the killings of over 8,000 men and boys in the UN-protected enclave of Srebrenica in 1995.
Nikolic appealed against the sentence, arguing that it was harsher than the 15- to 20-year imprisonment the prosecution had requested.
(AFP, dpa)
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