Former Bosnian Croat Official On Trial For War Crimes Dies After Drinking Poison In Court

[mfcorey1]

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/slobodan-praljak-dies-poison_us_5a1ebb4fe4b0cb0e917cfe4b?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

Slobodan Praljak, a former Bosnian Croat official who was on trial Wednesday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, has reportedly died after drinking poison.

Praljak, 72, was filmed drinking the poison Wednesday.

uring the war in the Balkans in the 1990s, prompting Praljak to stand up and address the court in The Hague, Netherlands.

“Judges, Slobodan Praljak is not a war criminal,” he said. “With disdain, I reject this verdict.”

He then drank from what appeared to be a small vial, ignoring calls from the judge to sit down.

“I have taken poison,” he said, according to a court translator.

The judge suspended the hearing and Praljak was brought in for treatment, according to Reuters. He reportedly died in a hospital in The Hague.

Praljak was a former assistant minister of defense of Croatia, and later commander of the main staff of the former Croatian Defense Council, a militia operating in Bosnia. He was originally sentenced to 20 years in jail in 2013.

The Yugoslavia tribunal, created in 1993 by the United Nations Security Council, has prosecuted hundreds of people for war crimes and is scheduled to shut down at the end of this year.

[Blue_Tires]

1. He was a coward in real life and a coward even in death....

[dhill926]

2. Drama queen...

[malaise]

3. That was quite dramatic

Good riddance

[gopiscrap]

4. Holy shit

how the fuck did he get that poision