A Serbian judge decided Tuesday to hand over arrested former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague, news reports said. Belgrade judge Milan Dilparic's ruling came after he questioned Karadzic on Monday night, the Tanjug state news agency reported. Karadzic's lawyer, Svetozar Vujacic, said he would appeal, Tanjug said. He has three days to file an appeal. Serbian authorities announced late Monday they had arrested Karadzic, 63, after 12 years in hiding. The independent Beta news agency reported that Karadzic was arrested in Serbia, ending more than a decade in hiding. The UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicted Karadzic in 1995 on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and breach of the Geneva Convention for his alleged role in leading the brutal ethnic cleansing of non-Serbs during Bosnia's 1992-95 ethnic war.
Belgrade judge Milan Dilparic's ruling came after he questioned Karadzic on Monday night, the Tanjug state news agency reported. Karadzic's lawyer, Svetozar Vujacic, said he would appeal, Tanjug said. He has three days to file an appeal.
Serbian authorities announced late Monday they had arrested Karadzic, 63, after 12 years in hiding. The independent Beta news agency reported that Karadzic was arrested in Serbia, ending more than a decade in hiding.
The UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicted Karadzic in 1995 on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and breach of the Geneva Convention for his alleged role in leading the brutal ethnic cleansing of non-Serbs during Bosnia's 1992-95 ethnic war.
Captured Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic was practising alternative medicine and living in Serbia's capital, Belgrade. He was working in a private practice in a "very convincing disguise", sporting a long white beard, and calling himself Dragan Dabic, a Serbian official said. He was arrested on Monday near Belgrade after more than a decade on the run.
Captured Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic was practising alternative medicine and living in Serbia's capital, Belgrade.
He was working in a private practice in a "very convincing disguise", sporting a long white beard, and calling himself Dragan Dabic, a Serbian official said.
He was arrested on Monday near Belgrade after more than a decade on the run.
The arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, the man accused of orchestrating Europe's worst massacre since World War II, has unleashed an outburst of joy in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. In Belgrade, police have amassed in front of the court building where Karadzic is being held. Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic (R) and his general Ratko Mladic are seen on Mountain Vlasic in this April 1995 file photo. He was on the run for a decade, but now Radovan Karadzic, 63, the former president of the Bosnian Serbs who is accused of war crimes including the massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebenica, has been caught. The arrest took place on Monday evening and was "an operation of the Serbian security services," said the office of Serbian President Boris Tadic. However, Sveta Vujacic, Karadzic's lawyer, had a different version of events. He said Karadzic had been arrested on a public bus around 9:30 a.m. on Friday and held until he was brought to the court Monday. "He just said that these people showed him a police badge and then he was taken to some place and kept in the room. And that is absolutely against the law what they did," Vujacic told AP Television News. "The judge also said that he will look into this matter, who and why kept him for three days."
The arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, the man accused of orchestrating Europe's worst massacre since World War II, has unleashed an outburst of joy in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. In Belgrade, police have amassed in front of the court building where Karadzic is being held.
Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic (R) and his general Ratko Mladic are seen on Mountain Vlasic in this April 1995 file photo. He was on the run for a decade, but now Radovan Karadzic, 63, the former president of the Bosnian Serbs who is accused of war crimes including the massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebenica, has been caught.
The arrest took place on Monday evening and was "an operation of the Serbian security services," said the office of Serbian President Boris Tadic.
However, Sveta Vujacic, Karadzic's lawyer, had a different version of events. He said Karadzic had been arrested on a public bus around 9:30 a.m. on Friday and held until he was brought to the court Monday.
"He just said that these people showed him a police badge and then he was taken to some place and kept in the room. And that is absolutely against the law what they did," Vujacic told AP Television News. "The judge also said that he will look into this matter, who and why kept him for three days."
Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader who is facing war crimes charges, evaded capture for a decade by disguising himself in a huge white beard and becoming a celebrated New Age doctor in Belgrade, it has emerged. Until he was tracked down and arrested by Serbian special forces last night, Dr Karadzic was working as an alternative medicine specialist in a clinic in the suburb of New Belgrade using the false name of Dr Dragan Dabic. Far from hiding in remote areas like other fugitives such as Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, Dr Karadzic appears to have established himself in the heart of the Serbian capital, and embraced his double life to such an extent that his alias had become a household name in a field where he was said to have accumulated "vast" knowledge.
Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader who is facing war crimes charges, evaded capture for a decade by disguising himself in a huge white beard and becoming a celebrated New Age doctor in Belgrade, it has emerged.
Until he was tracked down and arrested by Serbian special forces last night, Dr Karadzic was working as an alternative medicine specialist in a clinic in the suburb of New Belgrade using the false name of Dr Dragan Dabic.
Far from hiding in remote areas like other fugitives such as Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, Dr Karadzic appears to have established himself in the heart of the Serbian capital, and embraced his double life to such an extent that his alias had become a household name in a field where he was said to have accumulated "vast" knowledge.
BELGRADE, Serbia (CNN) -- Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic was so convinced of his disguise he regularly contributed to a health magazine as he brazenly built up his profile as an alternative medical practitioner, The Associated Press reported Tuesday. A photo released by 'Healthy Life' magazine purported to be Karadzic. 1 of 3 As Serbian authorities announced the arrest of Karadzic, 63, on charges of war crimes committed during the brutal Balkans conflict, details of his life during more than a decade on the run were revealed. Goran Kojic, editor in chief of Serbia's "Healthy Magazine" released new images of the former leader hidden behind an enormous white beard, long hair and spectacles, identifying one of the world's most wanted men as a regular contributor. "It never even occurred to me that this man with a long white beard and hair was Karadzic," a shocked Kojic said, according to The Associated Press. Serb authorities said Karadzic -- accused of ordering the deadly siege of Sarajevo and some of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II including the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica -- was working at a medical practice in Belgrade prior to his arrest.
BELGRADE, Serbia (CNN) -- Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic was so convinced of his disguise he regularly contributed to a health magazine as he brazenly built up his profile as an alternative medical practitioner, The Associated Press reported Tuesday.
A photo released by 'Healthy Life' magazine purported to be Karadzic. 1 of 3
As Serbian authorities announced the arrest of Karadzic, 63, on charges of war crimes committed during the brutal Balkans conflict, details of his life during more than a decade on the run were revealed.
Goran Kojic, editor in chief of Serbia's "Healthy Magazine" released new images of the former leader hidden behind an enormous white beard, long hair and spectacles, identifying one of the world's most wanted men as a regular contributor.
"It never even occurred to me that this man with a long white beard and hair was Karadzic," a shocked Kojic said, according to The Associated Press.
Serb authorities said Karadzic -- accused of ordering the deadly siege of Sarajevo and some of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II including the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica -- was working at a medical practice in Belgrade prior to his arrest.
