It happened in the span of a few confused minutes. Moments after hearing that his 20-year sentence for war crimes had been upheld, Slobodan Praljak defied the admonitions of his judges, declared his ...

A convicted war criminal from Croatia swallowed what he said was poison and died Wednesday after a United Nations court in the Netherlands upheld his 20-year sentence for committing crimes against ...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A Bosnian Croat wartime commander died after swallowing what he said was poison in a U.N. war crimes courtroom on Wednesday after losing an appeal against a 20-year prison ...

As the judge at The Hague read out a verdict confirming Slobodan Praljak's 20-year prison term for war crimes, the white-bearded former Bosnian Croat general rose to his feet. "Slobodan Praljak is not ...

Croatia’s state TV says Slobodan Praljak who claimed to have taken poison just after his 20-year sentence was upheld by appeals judges at a U.N. war crimes tribunal, has died. Spokesman for the ...

The convicted Bosnian Croat war criminal who died Wednesday after drinking a vial of poison as a judge upheld his 20-year sentence died of heart failure, according to the Dutch Prosecution Service.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Seconds after a U.N. judge confirmed his 20-year war crimes sentence Wednesday, former Bosnian Croat military commander Slobodan Praljak shouted, "I am not a war criminal!" ...

Croatian former general Slobodan Praljak arrives at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), prior to the judgement in his appeal case on November 29, 2017 at the Hague ...

A wartime commander of Bosnian Croat forces, Slobodan Praljak, is seen during a hearing at the UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague, Netherlands, November 29, 2017. ICTY via REUTERS TV A Bosnian Croat ...

Bosnian Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak, who died Wednesday after apparently drinking poison in a dramatic courtroom scene, worked in film and theatre before becoming a military commander in the ...