ENB-Radovan Karadzic: Serbian extreme NATIONALIST arrested
Top war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic arrested: sources 22 minutes ago BELGRADE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men, has been arrested in Serbia, Serbian government and judicial sources said on Monday.
Karadzic is twice indicted for genocide for the 43-month siege of Sarajevo which claimed 12,000 lives and for orchestrating the 1995 massacre of some 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica, the worst atrocity in Europe since World War Two.
Serbia captures fugitive Karadzic
Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men, has been arrested in Serbia after more than a decade.
He has been brought before Belgrade's war crimes court, in accordance with a law on cooperation the Hague Tribunal, the Serbian presidency said.
The Bosnian Serb wartime political leader disappeared in 1996.
He had been indicted by the UN tribunal for war crimes and genocide over the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica.
His wartime military leader, Ratko Mladic, remains at large.
"Radovan Karadzic was located and arrested tonight" by Serbian security officers, a statement by the office of President Boris Tadic said, without giving details.
"Karadzic was brought to the investigative judge of the War Crimes Court in Belgrade, in accordance with the law on cooperation with the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia."
He has been brought before Belgrade's war crimes court, in accordance with a law on cooperation the Hague Tribunal, the Serbian presidency said.
The Bosnian Serb wartime political leader disappeared in 1996.
He had been indicted by the UN tribunal for war crimes and genocide over the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica.
His wartime military leader, Ratko Mladic, remains at large.
"Radovan Karadzic was located and arrested tonight" by Serbian security officers, a statement by the office of President Boris Tadic said, without giving details.
"Karadzic was brought to the investigative judge of the War Crimes Court in Belgrade, in accordance with the law on cooperation with the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia."
Serb 'war criminal' Karadzic caught
Karadzic is said to have ordered the deaths of more than 7,500 in Srebrenica in 1995 [AFP] Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader and one of the world's most wanted men, has been captured by Serbian security services.
The office of Boris Tadic, the Serbian president, said on Monday that Karadzic had been "located and arrested".
A statement said that he had been taken to a war crimes court in Belgrade, the Serbian capital.
Aljosa Milenkovic, reporting for Al Jazeera from Serbia, said Karadzic was captured by Serbian special forces inside Serbian territory.
"It's interesting that he has been captured under the new government ... during the previous three or four years the Serbian government said he
[Karadzic] was not hiding in Serbia," Milenkovic said.
He said that Karadzic will be questioned by a special court in Serbia and then extradicted to The Hague.
"We will probably see Mr Karadzic, within seven days, in The Hague tribunal," he said.
Karadzic has been accused of genocide by the UN. They say he led troops to kill more than 7,500 male Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in July 1995.
The office of Boris Tadic, the Serbian president, said on Monday that Karadzic had been "located and arrested".
A statement said that he had been taken to a war crimes court in Belgrade, the Serbian capital.
Aljosa Milenkovic, reporting for Al Jazeera from Serbia, said Karadzic was captured by Serbian special forces inside Serbian territory.
"It's interesting that he has been captured under the new government ... during the previous three or four years the Serbian government said he
[Karadzic] was not hiding in Serbia," Milenkovic said.
He said that Karadzic will be questioned by a special court in Serbia and then extradicted to The Hague.
"We will probably see Mr Karadzic, within seven days, in The Hague tribunal," he said.
Karadzic has been accused of genocide by the UN. They say he led troops to kill more than 7,500 male Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in July 1995.
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