Ratko Mladic arrested

[Gangerolf]

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UPDATE: FALSE ALARM, HE IS NOT ARRESTED
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BELGRADE (Reuters) - Top Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive General Ratko Mladic has been arrested, the official Serbian news agency Tanjug on Tuesday quoted a local television station in Bosnia's Serb Republic as saying.

No immediate confirmation of the report was available.

Tanjug said TV BN reported the wartime Bosnian Serb Army commander had been taken into custody in the Serbian capital Belgrade and was being transferred via the northeast Bosnian city of Tuzla to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

An earlier report by Belgrade's "Studio B" television said Mladic had been located "in the area of Tuzla", which lies close to the mountainous border with Serbia.

Mladic was indicted in 1995 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.

http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-02-21T171325Z_01_L21762630_RTRUKOC_0_US-WARCRIMES-MLADIC-ARREST.xml

[Winston]

About. Friggin'. Time.

Now, if they could just get Radovan Karadzic as well.

[Gangerolf]

nerazumem so did they capture him in Tuzla or in Belgrade? Kind of interesting if it was in Belgrade. Or maybe not, what do I know.

[Winston]

It's a bit unclear at this point. Also, a Serbian government spokesman denies reports that Mladic has been arrested. And the Serbian government would know for sure, of course..

[Gangerolf]

stupid reuters

Mladic 'being pursued in Bosnia'

Gen Mladic has been indicted over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre
An operation is under way to arrest top Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect General Ratko Mladic, according to Serbian media reports.

Belgrade's Studio B television said Gen Mladic had been located "in the area of Tuzla", near Bosnia's mountainous border with Serbia.

Belgrade has however denied reports that he has been apprehended.

The international tribunal in The Hague wants to put Gen Mladic on trial for war crimes including genocide.

The court has indicted him over the siege of Sarajevo and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in which at least 7,500 Muslim men and boys were killed.

Gen Mladic was Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's army chief throughout the Bosnian war.

International pressure has been mounting for his capture. The European Union warned Belgrade last month that moves towards its eventual membership in the club would be halted if it failed to hand him over.

But the government has strenuously denied reports that he has been arrested.

"The news about Ratko Mladic is not correct. It is a manipulation which damages the government and does not contribute to its efforts to fully complete its cooperation with The Hague," spokesman Srdjan Djuric said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4737382.stm

well hopefully they'll get him soon without anyone getting hurt

[OneFootInTheGrave]

about time to close that chapter

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oh well.... I guess not yet

[VetLegion]

FVCK, almost fell off my chair

Don't pull my leg like this Gangerolf

[Gangerolf]

It's Reuters' fault

or actually, it's TV BN's fault

[BeBMan]

Damn I soooo hoped they have the sucker!

[Winston]

[BeBMan]

I read something about "Serbian security guys negotiating his surrender" here , so maybe there's still hope.

[Last Conformist]

Seems my skepticism on seeing the thread title was justified ...

[Winston]

Late Wednesday night, while Serbian government sources and the War Criminal Court in the Hague both denied that Mladic is under arrest, "military sources" insist, according to Jyllands-Posten, that Mladic was arrested in Belgrade and that he is currently held at an international military base near Tuzla, awaiting "secret" transfer to the Hague in a matter of days from now. This information conforms with reports from several Serbian and Bosnian media.

According to the paper, most observers are of the opinion that "something highly unusual" is going on with regard to Mladic, and that his extradition to the Hague is likely to be "imminent".

[Odin]

Sava will come and start defending Slobo in 3... 2... 1...

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Odin
Sava will come and start defending Slobo in 3... 2... 1...

I imagine Serb would have a soft spot for Serbs.