War crimes

Serbengeneral Tolimir dies in custody

As chief of security of the Bosnian Serb army, he was for the massacre in Srebrenica responsible: Zdravko Tolimir is in a prison of the Hague UN war crimes tribunals have died.

Due to the genocide of Srebrenica to life in prison sentenced Bosnian Serb Ex-General was 67 years old. The circumstances of his death are not yet known.

Zdravko Tolimir was during the Bosnia wars as the ” right Hand of chief of army staff, Radko Mladic, who is currently before the Tribunal must answer for. Under whose leadership were Bosnian Serb units in July 1995, under the UN-protected enclave of Srebrenica in Eastern Bosnia overrun.

Tolimir was at that time chief of education and safety for the Serb forces in Bosnia (VRS). The judges in the Hague saw it as proven, that he was in Srebrenica, where 8000 Muslim men and boys were murdered, played a Central role.

The second death in the cells of the UN-Tribunal

At the beginning of the procedure, the beginning of 2010, had Tolimir on innocent pleads. He had in the process itself to defend the Srebrenica massacre as a “battle against terrorist groups”. It have no commands given and had not even been on site.
The Name Srebrenica is the worst war crime in Europe since the Second world war.

Tolimir is the second inmate, the cells of the UN Tribunals has died. Ten years ago, succumbed to the also because of the genocide in Srebrenica accused the former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic a heart attack.

rb/kle (afp, ap, dpa)