BREAKING NEWS: Bosnian war chief ‘DIES’ after drinking bottle of ‘poison’ and yelling ‘I’m not a war criminal’ after his 20-year prison sentence for campaign against Muslims is upheld at The Hague
Slobodan Praljak appeared at The Hague to appeal 20-year war crime sentence
As judge upheld the punishment, he pulled a vial of dark liquid from his pocket
Praljak shouted ‘I am not a war criminal!’ before downing the mystery substance
The courtroom was quickly closed and ambulances rushed to the scene, but Croatian state TV has since reported that Praljak died
By CHRIS PLEASANCE and SARA MALM
DAILYMAIL.COM
29 November 2017
A Bosnian-Croat war chief has died after downing poison during his war crimes trial at The Hague, Croatian state TV reports.
Slobodan Praljak yelled, ‘I am not a war criminal!’ and drank a dark liquid from a small bottle seconds after losing his appeal against a 20-year prison sentence at the International Criminal Tribunal, in the Netherlands.
‘I just drank poison,’ he added. ‘I am not a war criminal. I oppose this conviction.’
Praljak, 72, is one of six Croatian politicians sentenced to jail for their involvement in a campaign to drive Muslims out of a would-be Bosnian Croat mini-state in Bosnia in the early 1990s.
His lawyer shouted out ‘my client has taken poison’ before judge Carmel Agius suspended the hearing and the courtroom was closed.
Moments later ambulance crews arrived at the scene and a helicopter began hovering overhead.
Several emergency rescue workers rushed into the building carrying equipment in backpacks, while court officials called for calm.
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