From fugitive healer to cyanide in court: What became of Balkan warlords
PARIS, Sept 6 — AFP looks at what became of the main players in the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, ahead of M...
The former Yugoslavia conflicts saw the rise and fall of several prominent warlords. Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, known as the "Butcher of Bosnia", oversaw the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, one of Europe's worst acts of genocide. Convicted of genocide and war crimes, Mladic was arrested in 2011 and sentenced to life imprisonment, with his conviction confirmed in 2021.
Radovan Karadzic, the architect of the ethnic cleansing campaign in Bosnia, evaded capture for 13 years before being arrested as a healer in Serbia. He was convicted of genocide and other charges, receiving a life sentence, which was later increased to life in 2021.
Former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic died at The Hague in 2006, while on trial for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Accused of fueling conflict and mass murder, Milosevic passed away from a heart attack in his cell.
Utranationalist Serb politician Vojislav Seselj was found guilty of crimes against humanity by UN judges in 2018 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Croatian General Ante Gotovina received a 24-year sentence for war crimes, later reduced on appeal.
Paramilitary leader Arkan was gunned down in 2000, while Slobodan Praljak, a Bosnian Croat commander, ended his life in 2017 by drinking cyanide at The Hague after a 20-year sentence for war crimes. Kosovo's Hashim Thaci and other KLA leaders are currently on trial for war crimes, with a verdict pending.
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