Posts Tagged ‘croat’

Bosnian Croat ex-General Slobodan Praljak Dies in the Hague After Drinking Poison in Court, Yelling "I’m not a War Criminal!"

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague itself became a crime scene on Wednesday when a convicted war criminal committed suicide with poison he had smuggled into the courtroom. Slobodan Praljak, a commander of Croat forces during the 1990s war in Bosnia, swigged poison from a flask moments after a panel […]

Bosnian Croat ex-General Slobodan Praljak Dies in the Hague After Drinking Poison in Court, Yelling "I’m not a War Criminal!"

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague itself became a crime scene on Wednesday when a convicted war criminal committed suicide with poison he had smuggled into the courtroom. Slobodan Praljak, a commander of Croat forces during the 1990s war in Bosnia, swigged poison from a flask moments after a panel […]

Bosnian Croat war criminal ‘drinks poison’ at Hague hearing

Slobodan Praljak, 72, a former wartime leader, was seen drinking from a small container as he heard the verdict of his appeal hearing. The man’s defense lawyer then told the court that the accused had “taken poison.” The presiding judge stopped the proceedings and ordered a doctor to be called, Reuters reports. ‘It is NATO […]

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