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Post by blc on Nov 29, 2017 17:15:24 GMT
Bosnian Croat general dies after drinking poison in courtroomNovember 29, 2017 ZAGREB (Reuters) - The wartime commander of Bosnian Croat forces, Slobodan Praljak, died after he drank poison seconds after a United Nations judges turned down his appeal against a 20-year sentence for war crimes against Bosnian Muslims, Croatian state television reported. The television quoted sources close to Praljak as saying he died in a hospital in The Hague. The events took place in the final minutes of the court's last verdict. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), established by the United Nations in 1993, shuts its doors next month when its mandate expires.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2017 18:04:53 GMT
How the hell did he get that past security ?!
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Post by Big Lin on Nov 29, 2017 21:49:50 GMT
Must have had a conspirator in the courtroom or prison.
I'm just glad that a Croat got punished for a change - hardly any Croats or Bosnians have been compared with the Serbs yet all sides committed atrocities and the Serbs have been disproportionately singled out.
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Post by Scottish Lassie on Dec 1, 2017 15:52:43 GMT
Bosnian Croat general dies after drinking poison in courtroomNovember 29, 2017 ZAGREB (Reuters) - The wartime commander of Bosnian Croat forces, Slobodan Praljak, died after he drank poison seconds after a United Nations judges turned down his appeal against a 20-year sentence for war crimes against Bosnian Muslims, Croatian state television reported. The television quoted sources close to Praljak as saying he died in a hospital in The Hague. The events took place in the final minutes of the court's last verdict. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), established by the United Nations in 1993, shuts its doors next month when its mandate expires. It appears that he preferred death to spending 20 years in jail.
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