Milosevic trial halts again due to illness

The war crimes trial of former Yugoslav president Mr Slobodan Milosevic was suspended again today because he is ill, a judge …

The war crimes trial of former Yugoslav president Mr Slobodan Milosevic was suspended again today because he is ill, a judge told the United Nations court in The Hague.

Slobadan Milosevic
Slobadan Milosevic
reportedly ill

"A report has reached us . . . of the illness of the accused in the detention unit. A doctor is apparently on his way to see him," presiding judge Mr Richard May said, adding doctors would submit a medical report later.

Mr Milosevic's landmark trial for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo has been repeatedly interrupted by the accused's bouts of ill health since it began in February 2002.

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