The Arrest of Fugtive Ratko Mladic in Serbia

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May 26 (Bloomberg) -- Serbian police arrested war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, who led Bosnian Serb troops during the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II.

Mladic, 69, was caught hiding in Serbia, President Boris Tadic told a news conference in Belgrade today. He was using the name Milorad Komadic in the village of Lazarevo, 82 kilometers (51 miles) north of the Serbian capital, local media said. Tadic refused to provide further details. Mladic will be sent to the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague for trial.

Reports earlier on Thursday said that BIA members assisted by police, arrested Mladić in the village of Lazarevo, near the town of Zrenjanin in northern Serbia.

he secret operation came after a tip-off that Mladić, who used the name Milorad Komadić, "possessed some identification documents of Ratko Mladić and was physically very similar to him".



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