7 hours agoOfficially confirms The Hague: Pralyak is dead
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)The Croatian war crimes indictee in Bosnia, Slobodan Praljak, has died in a Hague hospital after drinking a liquid in the courtroom of the International War Crimes Tribunal in the former Yugoslavia, Tribunal spokesman Nenad Golcevski confirmed. The Dutch “Authorities have begun investigating the death of Praljak”, he said, followed. REL. Pralyak, former commander of forces [...]
The Dutch “Authorities have begun investigating the death of Praljak”, he said, followed. REL.
Praljak, former commander of the Bosnian Croat forces during the 1992-95 war, has taken his drink and shouted “I am not a criminal”, just after The Hague tribunal confirmed its sentence to 20 years in prison.
Judge Slobodan Pralyak is not a war criminal. I refuse your decision”, Pralyak said.
What I've been drinking is poison”, he said.
Pralyak was originally sentenced for war crimes in Mostar in 2013.
The Hague tribunal has confirmed on Wednesday the sentence for Praljak and five other Bosnian Croats.
Last week, The Hague tribunal has sentenced Ratko Mladic to life imprisonment, former commander of Bosnian Serb forces.
This court will close the doors at the end of this year.
