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Ratko Mladić arrested in Serbia: historic day for international justice

source: http://Examiner.com

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On Thursday morning, Serbian police found one of the most wanted fugitives in the world: Ratko Mladic. DNA tests have confirmed the identity of the former military chief, and it was Serbian President Boris Tadic, who appeared on television to confirm the facts. Boris Tadic stated that Mladić had been arrested on Serbian territory without futher details on the location. In a self-congratulatory statement, he said: 'Today we close a chapter in the history of our region that will lead to full reconciliation'.

General Mladić had been indicted for the massacre of over 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995. At the time, he headed the Bosnian Serb forces was indicted in 1996 for genocide for his role in the Srebrenica massacre, war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

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