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Serbian Authorities Arrest Last U.N. War Crimes Fugitive

Serbian authorities on Wednesday arrested the last remaining fugitive sought by the U.N. war crimes court, tracking Goran Hadzic down in a mountainous region in the northern part of the country, an official said.

The former leader of Croatia's rebel Serbs during the country's bloody ethnic war, has been on the run for eight years, managing to evade justice despite international pressure for his arrest.

He is wanted for atrocities stemming from the 1991-1995 conflict in Croatia, when he fought against Croatia's independence from the former Yugoslavia...



 

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