prison cell at the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, the Netherlands, several sources said Saturday March 11. He was 64.
Belgrade’s B-92 network and Serbia’s state radio both said he was found in his prison cell. The Associated Press (AP) news agency also quoted A United Nations war crimes prosecution official as confirming the news on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak to the media.
Milosevic oversaw Balkan wars that killed an estimated 250,000 people. While Bosnian Muslims and Croats were among the main victims, there has been growing concern over revenge attacks against Serbian Orthodox Christians in Kosovo.
Ethnic Albanian militants linked them to the previous Milosevic-backed forces, charges strongly denied by Serb priests. The Milosevic trial has cost at least 500-million dollars, recent reports suggested.
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