Milosevic's death raises questions
Nicola Leske
Reuters
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The Hague (Netherlands):
The U.N. war crimes tribunal hoped an autopsy on Slobodan Milosevic on Sunday would clear up the cause of his death in his cell only months before a verdict was due in his four-year-old trial.
Milosevic, branded the "Butcher of the Balkans" for conflicts that tore Yugoslavia apart in the 1990s, was found dead on Saturday, prompting relatives of war victims and Balkan politicians to say they had been robbed of justice.The tribunal said there was no indication the 64-year-old former Yugoslav president -- who suffered from a heart condition and high blood pressure -- committed suicide.
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Milosevic's lawyer Zdenko Tomanovic told reporters his client had feared he was being poisoned but the tribunal rejected a request for the autopsy to take place in Russia.
A tribunal official said she could not say what time the autopsy would begin or whether the officials from Serbia had arrived. Milosevic's body was taken in a silver hearse from the detention center to a forensic institute on Saturday evening.
There was no word on when Milosevic's body might be returned to Serbia for burial and no reliable information on when and where the funeral will take place. It was also not clear if his wife Mira Markovic would come to The Hague to collect his body.
Mar 12, 2006
Nicola Leske
Reuters
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The Hague (Netherlands):
The U.N. war crimes tribunal hoped an autopsy on Slobodan Milosevic on Sunday would clear up the cause of his death in his cell only months before a verdict was due in his four-year-old trial.
Milosevic, branded the "Butcher of the Balkans" for conflicts that tore Yugoslavia apart in the 1990s, was found dead on Saturday, prompting relatives of war victims and Balkan politicians to say they had been robbed of justice.The tribunal said there was no indication the 64-year-old former Yugoslav president -- who suffered from a heart condition and high blood pressure -- committed suicide.
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See Also:
‘Milosevic may have committed suicide’
Milosevic: Post mortem to be held
Doctors to probe Milosevic death
'They will not break me': Milosevic before death
Milosevic takes secret of Cyprus millions to his grave
Relief and regret in the Balkans
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Milosevic's lawyer Zdenko Tomanovic told reporters his client had feared he was being poisoned but the tribunal rejected a request for the autopsy to take place in Russia.
A tribunal official said she could not say what time the autopsy would begin or whether the officials from Serbia had arrived. Milosevic's body was taken in a silver hearse from the detention center to a forensic institute on Saturday evening.
There was no word on when Milosevic's body might be returned to Serbia for burial and no reliable information on when and where the funeral will take place. It was also not clear if his wife Mira Markovic would come to The Hague to collect his body.
Mar 12, 2006
