While listening to his 20-year jail term in a UN court, a Bosnian Croat war criminal died of drinking poison in the court room. A Bosnian Croat war criminal died Wednesday after apparently drinking poison in dramatic courtroom scenes after UN judges upheld his 20-year jail term, Croatian media said, throwing the tribunal into chaos during its final judgment.
A 72-year-old Slobodan Praljak drank from a brown bottle at the hearing at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague.
After the judges upheld a 20-year jail term originally imposed in 2013, the former military commander of a breakaway Bosnian Croat statelet, shouted out angrily: “Praljak is not a criminal. I reject your verdict.” He then raised a small brown bottle to his lips and tipped it into his mouth in full view of the cameras filming the appeal hearing.
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