Serbia arrests last major war crimes fugitive

SERBIA has arrested the last major war crimes suspect from the 1990s conflicts in former Yugoslavia, closing what its president said was a “burdensome” page in the country’s history.

Goran Hadzic, a Croatian Serb wartime leader indicted for crimes against humanity during the 1991-’95 Croatian war, was picked up by Serb forces in the picturesque Fruska Gora national park region about 65 km north of Belgrade.

He faces 14 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes for the murders of hundreds of people and deportation of tens of thousands of Croats between 1992 and 1993.