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| Serbia captures fugitive Karadzic | Serbia captures fugitive Karadzic |
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| Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men, has been arrested in Serbia after more than a decade. | Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men, has been arrested in Serbia after more than a decade. |
| He has been brought before Belgrade's war crimes court, in accordance with a law on cooperation the Hague Tribunal, the Serbian presidency said. | He has been brought before Belgrade's war crimes court, in accordance with a law on cooperation the Hague Tribunal, the Serbian presidency said. |
| The Bosnian Serb wartime political leader disappeared in 1996. | The Bosnian Serb wartime political leader disappeared in 1996. |
| He had been indicted by the UN tribunal for war crimes and genocide over the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica. | He had been indicted by the UN tribunal for war crimes and genocide over the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica. |
| His wartime military leader, Ratko Mladic, remains at large. | His wartime military leader, Ratko Mladic, remains at large. |
| "Radovan Karadzic was located and arrested tonight" by Serbian security officers, a statement by the office of President Boris Tadic said, without giving details. | "Radovan Karadzic was located and arrested tonight" by Serbian security officers, a statement by the office of President Boris Tadic said, without giving details. |
| "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." | "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." |
| Karadzic denial | |
| Mr Karadzic denied the charges against him soon after the first indictment and refused to recognise the legitimacy of the UN tribunal. | |
| The UN says Mr Karadzic's forces killed at least 7,500 Muslim men and boys from Srebrenica in July 1995 as part of a campaign to "terrorise and demoralise the Bosnian Muslim and Bosnian Croat population". | |
| He was also charged over the shelling of Sarajevo, and the use of 284 UN peacekeepers as human shields in May and June 1995. | |
| After the Dayton accord that ended the Bosnian war, the former nationalist president went into hiding. | |
| International pressure to catch Mr Karadzic mounted in spring 2005 when several of his former generals surrendered and a video of Bosnian Serb soldiers shooting captives from Srebrenica shocked television viewers in former Yugoslavia. |