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Bosnian Croat war criminal dies after taking poison in court
Forevermore, to Hell with you.
BBC
November 29, 2017
Convicted war criminal Slobodan Praljak drinks poison in a Hague courtroom
Slobodan Praljak, 72, died in hospital, with the UN court announcing that the courtroom was now "a crime scene". On hearing that his 20-year jail term had been upheld, the ex-commander of Bosnian Croat forces said he was not a criminal and then drank from a bottle. In 2013, he was sentenced for crimes in the city of Mostar during the Bosnian war in 1992-95. Praljak was one of six former Bosnian Croat political and military leaders up before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). They were attending the final appeals judgment to be handed down by the court. After hearing the verdict, General Praljak stood and raised his hand to his mouth, tipped his head back and appeared to swallow a glass of liquid. "I have taken poison," he said. Praljak, the former commander of the main staff of the Bosnian Croat defence forces (HVO), was jailed for crimes against humanity.
Forevermore, to Hell with you.
