Croatian General drank the poison directly into the Tribunal in the Hague (video)

Croatian General drank the poison directly into the Tribunal in the Hague (video)

General Slobodan Praljak, a Bosnian Croat and former head of the Croatian defence Council died in the hospital after he drank poison at a meeting of the International Tribunal in the Hague.

Today, November 29, the appeals chamber of the Tribunal was upheld by Prasco in 2013, the sentence of 20 years in prison.

Croatian General drank the poison directly into the Tribunal in the Hague (video)

After the verdict, the 72-year-old Slobodan Praljak stood up, holding a small bottle and drank the liquid from it. «I just drank poison. I’m not a war criminal,» said Prelec and fell into a chair.

According to Reuters, presiding judge Carmel Agius has suspended the hearing, and the hall was taken doctors. Save the convicted failed.

Praska in addition, the Tribunal confirmed the sentences of four of the Bosnian Croats, who were accused of crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing of Muslims and the violation of the laws or customs of war during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992-1995.

Recall that the main suspect, former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, died of a heart attack in March 2006 before making a decision on the case of genocide.
Two more defendants accused of the crimes in the former Yugoslavia committed suicide in the cells: Slavko Dokmanovic in 1998 and Milan babić in 2006.

«Slobodan Praljak showed the world that he is ready to sacrifice himself to prove he is not a war criminal,» said Bosnian Croat politician Dragan Covic.

Convicted war criminal Slobodan It just shouted «I am not a war criminal!» at his appeal hearing then chugged a vial of what he said was poison and died: https://t.co/TpfPawqy2Y pic.twitter.com/rCNUNIADfR

— Robson Fletcher (@CBCFletch) November 29, 2017

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