Bosnian war criminal dies after ‘taking poison’ in UN court
- 29-Nov-2017
THE HAGUE: A Bosnian Croat war criminal died on Wednesday after apparently drinking poison in dramatic courtroom scenes after UN judges upheld his 20-year jail term, Croatian media said, throwing the tribunal into chaos during its final judgement. Slobodan Praljak, 72, died in hospital, according to Croatia’s state-run news agency HINA after he drank from […]
UN war crimes court unveils last verdict in Bosnian Croat appeal
- 29-Nov-2017
THE HAGUE: UN judges on Wednesday began handing down judgement in the appeals case of six former Bosnian Croat political and military leaders, in the court’s final verdict for war crimes committed during the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia. The case of Jadranko Prlic and five others draws the curtain on two decades of work by […]