Ex-Croatian Serb leader commits suicide in UN custody
Convicted war criminal Milan Babic has committed a suicide in a cell of the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, where he was serving a 13-year sentence, the court's office in Zagreb said yesterday.
Babic, the wartime leader of Croatian Serbs, was jailed in 2004 for crimes against humanity committed during Croatia's 1991-1995 war.
"On Sunday March 5, Milan Babic ... was found dead in his cell at the United Nations detention unit in Scheveningen," the UN tribunal said in a statement obtained by AFP.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "The Dutch authorities were called immediately. After conducting an investigation, they confirmed that the cause of death was suicide," the statement said.
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