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Karadzic extradited

Wed, Jul 30 2008 08:23 CET

byRene Beekman

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In the early morning of July 30, local and international media reported that former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić was extradited to The Hague.

At 3.45am (1.45 GMT) three jeeps with tinted windows and masked drivers were seen leaving the Belgrade war crimes court where Karadžić had been held since his arrest on July 21, Associated Press said.

The vehicles were said to have arrived at the airport 15 minutes later. A business jet believed to be transporting Karadžić was seen taking off at about 4.15am.

The Serbian justice minister had issued a decree allowing the extradition, a statement issued by the Serbian government early on Wednesday said.

Reporters saw police helicopters and vans with tinted windows waiting at the Rotterdam airport, the airport closest to The Hague, Associated Press said.

Now 63, Karadžić was last seen in public in 1996. His arrest, along with that of other top figures involved in war crimes during the war in Bosnia, including the army chief of staff Ratko Mladic, has been a key condition for Belgrade to meet before its European integration hopes can go ahead.

The war in Bosnia cost an estimated 250 000 to 300 000 lives, with 1.8 million people displaced. Among the war crimes for which Karadžić  has been indicted by the UN war crimes tribunal is the 1995 massacre at Srebenica.

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