A former Yugoslav army general indicted by the UN war crimes tribunal over the 1991 shelling of the Croatian port city of Dubrovnik pleaded not guilty today to charges of violating the laws and customs of war.
Retired Lieutenant-General Pavle Strugar, 68, is one of four former Yugoslav military officers indicted over the shelling of the Adriatic port.
Dubrovnik is a UNESCO World Heritage site considered one of the world's most beautiful cities.
The other three who were indicted - including former Yugoslav navy chief Milan Zec - remain at large. The indictment accuses them of responsibility for dozens of civilian deaths.
The Serb-dominated Yugoslav army and navy surrounded and attacked Dubrovnik, from the sea and neighbouring Montenegro and Bosnia, in support of a rebellion by minority Serbs in Croatia against Croatian independence.