Top war crimes suspect Karadzic arrested

BELGRADE: Bosnian Serb wartime leader and top war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic has been arrested, the office of Serbian President Boris Tadic said on Monday.

“Radovan Karadzic was located and arrested tonight” by Serbian security officers, said a presidential statement.

“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 (ICTY),” the statement said.

Karadzic and his former military commander Ratko Mladic had been on the run from the ICTY for 13 years after they were charged with war crimes committed during Bosnia’s 1992-1995 war.

Tuesday, AFP