The white-bearded Praljak, 72, was taken to hospital after drinking from a flask or glass as an ICTY judge read out appeals rulings against him and five other convicted Bosnian Croat war criminals, tribunal spokesman Nenad Golcevski said. Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, whose country was the patron of Bosnian Croat nationalist forces in neighbouring Bosnia's 1992-95 war, said he regretted Praljak's death and offered condolences to his family. A reading of the judgment, which was also ruling on appeals against convictions and sentences against five other Bosnian Croat convicts, resumed more than two hours after Praljak drank the apparent poison. ‘Not a war criminal’The ICTY upheld the convictions of Praljak as well as Jadranko Prlic, former political leader of the breakaway Bosnian Croat statelet during the war, along with senior Bosnian Croat military and police figures Bruno Stojic, Milivoj Petrovic, Valentin Coric and Berislav Pusic. Praljak was convicted for his role in the unlawful imprisonment of 1,000 Bosnian Muslims.

Source: bd News24 November 29, 2017 17:48 UTC