Karadzic: I'm no monster

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, accused of Europe’s worst genocide since the Holocaust, today claimed his people were only defending themselves against Islamic fundamentalists.

In his opening defence statement at the UN war crimes tribunal, Karadzic denied any intention to carry out ethnic cleansing and said the objective was to protect lives and property during the violent 1990s break-up of the former Yugoslavia.