The man who was dubbed "the butcher of the Balkans" after he led a series of brutal military campaigns that were followed by charges of war crimes, including genocide, will never face judgment for his alleged offences.
Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic was found dead in his cell at a United Nations detention centre in the Netherlands Saturday morning.
A representative of the international war crimes tribunal said the former Serbian president, who orchestrated the Balkan wars of the 1990s, apparently died of natural causes. His health troubles, including a heart condition and high blood pressure, had interrupted the court proceedings several times.
"Milosevic was found lifeless on his bed in his cell at the United Nations detention unit," the tribunal said in a statement.
"The guard immediately alerted the detention unit officer in command and the medical officer. The latter confirmed that Slobodan Milosevic was dead."
Milosevic, 64, had been standing trial in The Hague since 2002 for war crimes, including crimes against humanity and genocide in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo during the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia.
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