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To: mr.mark who wrote (304)10/21/2001 3:46:08 AM
From: maceng2 of 602
 
Former Yugoslav army general surrenders to tribunal

A former Yugoslav army general charged with destroying much of Dubrovnik during the Croatian war is surrendering to the war crimes tribunal in the Hague.

Retired General Pavle Strugar and three other former Yugoslav army and naval officers are charged with suspected murder, plunder and the destruction of nearly 70% of the 17th century town.

The artillery siege began after Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.

At least 43 civilians were killed and 563 buildings destroyed or damaged in the Old Town, formerly a UN World Heritage Site, the indictment says.

Strugar, who will be the first Yugoslav citizen to voluntarily surrender to the Netherlands based court, left for the Hague from the Montenegro.

Before departure, Strugar's lawyer Goran Rodic, said the general, "wants to go to prove his innocence in front of the tribunal"

Strugar, who has kidney problems and is in general ill health, boarded an aircraft of the private Pelikan Blue Airlines. Rodic says he will be received on landing by Dutch doctors.

He believes Strugar's first tribunal session will depend on his health, but his first appearance is expected in seven to 10 days.

His surrender comes a day before the scheduled visit of The Hague chief prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte to Yugoslavia.

Story filed: 07:42 Sunday 21st October 2001

ananova.com
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