Serbians the main victims of Milosevic, says foreign minister

THE Serbian people were the main victims of Slobodan Milosevic, the country's Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic said, responding to the death of the man known as the "Butcher of the Balkans".

A long-time opponent who managed to survive the Milosevic years, Mr Draskovic twice suffered assassination attempts.

He was in Austria representing Serbia and Montenegro at a meeting of EU foreign ministers when news came through of the death of Milosevic.