The Hague
Convicted war criminal kills himself with poison at UN court
Bosnian Croat leader drinks poison after being declared guilty in court.
(Bloomberg) A Bosnian Croat leader convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia died after drinking poison as he was declared guilty in court.
After hearing his 20-year jail sentence, Slobodan Praljak, 72, yelled that he wasn’t a war criminal and drank something from a plastic cup. His lawyer then told the tribunal that the defendant had ingested poison. Praljak was taken to the hospital, where he died.
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