Alleged War Crimes Architect Karadzic is Arrested in Serbia
Putting an end to a 13-year manhunt that began with his indictment by a United Nations war crimes tribunal, authorities this evening arrested Radovan Karadzic in Serbia. The 63-year-old is a former Bosnian Serb leader who is accused of being the architect of what the tribunal has called “scenes from hell, written on the darkest pages of human history.”
Richard Holbrooke, a former U.S. ambassador, estimates that Karadzic is directly or indirectly responsible for the deaths of 300,000 people, reports the Associated Press.
“The charges against him, last amended in May 2000, are genocide, extermination, murder, wilful killing, deportation, inhumane acts, and other crimes committed against Bosnian Muslim, Bosnian Croat and other non-Serb civilians in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1992-1995 war,” the news agency writes. “The specific allegations include six counts of genocide and complicity in genocide, two counts of crimes against humanity as well as violating laws of war and gravely breaching the Geneva Conventions.”
Additional coverage:
ABC News: “Karadzic capture a ‘huge breakthrough’ “
London Times: “War crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic arrested in Serbia”
Los Angeles Times: “Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic arrested”
Reuters: “Top war crimes fugitive Karadzic arrested - Serbia”
