War crime fugitive Radovan Karadzic arrested
* Monday July 21, 2008

The then Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic speaks at a press conference on October 20 1995 in Novi Grad

The then Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic speaks at a press conference on October 20 1995 in Novi Grad. Photograph: Scott Peterson/Getty Images

Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb wartime president and one of the world's most wanted men, has been arrested, Serbian government and judicial sources have said.

The office of the Serbian president, Boris Tadic, confirmed that Karadzic had been arrested in Serbia. He was detained and taken to see judges of the war crimes court.

Karadzic, leader of the Bosnian Serbs during the 1992-95 Bosnia war, was indicted by the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague in July 1995 for authorising the shooting of civilians during the 43-month siege of Sarajevo.

He was indicted for genocide a second time four months later for orchestrating the slaughter of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia.

He went underground in 1997 after losing power.

Karadzic was one of three fugitives wanted by the UN Yugoslav war crimes tribunal who were still at large. He refuses to accept the legitimacy of the UN tribunal.

If Karadzic is extradited, he would be the 44th Serb suspect extradited to the tribunal. The others include former president Slobodan Milosevic, who was ousted in 2000 and died in 2006 while on trial on war crimes charges.

The arrest of Karadzic and other indicted war criminals and their delivery to the Hague war crimes tribunal has been one of the main conditions of Serbian progress towards EU membership.

The West is also pressing for the arrest of the former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic.

yes and i am happy radonvan has been finalely cought and i pray his out come is the same as sadam husains why should he rot in a jail while many inocent people died

though he is seen as a hero today the serbs in my country behaved them selves back in 1991 the police kept a close eye on the croations and the serbians tensions were high and our brothers wear out for blood my brother was behind the side lines

he was working close with the un peace keeping forces i can tel you he wanted to pull the triger but was under orders


i am going to keep a close eye on this and see what radonvans out come is he is a monster he is not a hero many muslim bosnians lost their lives and bosnians were chased out of there homes by the order he gave out to his men


i am glad this fool was cought shame he was not killed though i am sorry but i am yugoslavian and i know what he was capable off


God bless from damo

Without the perseverance of the dutch government, serbia would already be a member of the EU.

I remember the day like yesterday, when Karadzic was blessed by the bishop of the serb orthodox church, and they were speaking of their dream of "Great-Serbia". It sounded at that point like Hitlers rhetoric. Soon after the genocide started, bringing Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina into their defense positions.

There is not doubt who started it, and I am glad to see that justice is served. Thank You God.