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| Kosovo war crimes suspect seized | Kosovo war crimes suspect seized |
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| Montenegro has arrested a former Serbian security chief accused by the UN war crimes tribunal of ordering the killing of Kosovo Albanians. | |
| Vlastimir Djordjevic is due to be transferred to The Hague where he is one of four Serbian generals accused of crimes in the breakaway province. | |
| Forces under their command allegedly killed hundreds of civilians. | Forces under their command allegedly killed hundreds of civilians. |
| Mr Djordjevic was for a time thought to be hiding in Russia. | Mr Djordjevic was for a time thought to be hiding in Russia. |
| "In co-operation with the prosecution of the [tribunal], Montenegrin authorities and Serbia, Vlastimir Djordjevic has been arrested in Montenegro," tribunal spokesman Anton Nikiforov told AFP news agency by telephone. | "In co-operation with the prosecution of the [tribunal], Montenegrin authorities and Serbia, Vlastimir Djordjevic has been arrested in Montenegro," tribunal spokesman Anton Nikiforov told AFP news agency by telephone. |
| "His transfer to The Hague is under way." | "His transfer to The Hague is under way." |
| The arrest leaves only four suspects wanted by the UN court on the run: former Bosnian Serb figures Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic and Stojan Zupljani, and former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic. | |
| The EU has been putting pressure on Serbia, which wants closer ties, to ensure that any of the remaining suspects found on its territory are arrested and handed over to the tribunal. |