The UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague will consider declassifying documents in Slobodan Milosevic’s case so they can be released to Dutch authorities investigating the former Yugoslav president’s death.

Slobodan Milosevic’s body was being released to his family today after an eight-hour autopsy revealed that the former Yugoslav president died of a heart attack in his prison cell.

Slobodan Milosevic died of a heart attack in his jail cell, according to preliminary post mortem findings tonight.

Dutch pathologists conducted a post mortem examination and toxicological tests today to determine what killed Slobodan Milosevic amid claims that the ex-Yugoslav leader feared he was being poisoned.

Dutch pathologists were conducting a post mortem examination today on Slobodan Milosevic’s remains to find out what killed the former Yugoslav leader, found dead in his jail cell a day earlier.

Slobodan Milosevic’s death just before the end of his trial deprived victims of justice – and made the capture of war crimes fugitives Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic even more urgent, the chief UN prosecutor said today.