An Islamist militant was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the 2010 bombing of a police station in Bosnia that killed a police officer, AFP reported.
"Haris Causevic has committed a criminal act of terrorism and this court sentences him to a maximum prison term of 45 years," Judge Goran Radevic said as he read the verdict.
One police officer and several others were injured during the attack on Bugojno police station in central Bosnia. The building, as well as several other structures, were severely damaged by the blast as well.
Causevic, a member of the radical Wahhabi community, "committed this terrorist act... with an aim of establishing sharia law" in Bosnia, Radevic added.
"The aim of the terrorist act was to intimidate the population and seriously destabilise Bosnia-Hercegovina's basic political, constitutional and social structures."
He was also convicted of conspiracy to commit other crimes, like kidnapping police officers and their children, in order to force Bosnia to implement strict Islamic laws.
A second defendant, Naser Palislamovic, was not convicted as the "prosecution has failed to prove without reasonable doubt that he has taken part in the attack," Radevic said.
A third suspect, Adnan Haracic, was tried in July 2012 and sentenced to 14 years in prison after admitting to taking part in the attack. In addition, three other suspects from the attack will be tried separately as well.
Last month, an Islamist gunman was sentenced to 15 years for opening fire at the U.S. Embassy in 2011, injuring a police officer.
