The international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has invited local police officers to conduct the inquiry into how the chemical was smuggled into the high-security courtroom in The Hague. A spokeswoman for the war crimes court said: “An independent investigation is ongoing which has been initiated by the Dutch authorities at the request of the ICTY. We will cooperate fully.”She did not reveal whether anybody had yet been arrested or what type of chemical or toxic agent Praljak drank. “I am not a war criminal. The Dutch newspaper NRC said many of the suspects there were elderly and “suffering from all sorts of illnesses”.

Source: The Guardian November 30, 2017 12:08 UTC