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Serbia arrests top war crimes suspect Karadzic

Serbian security forces arrested Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic on Monday night (21 July) - a development the European Union called a "very important" step for Serbia's EU hopes.

"Radovan Karadzic was located and arrested tonight … [He] was brought to the investigative judge of the War Crimes Court in Belgrade," a Serbian presidential statement announced late on Monday.

The former Bosnian Serb leader is charged with "genocide, complicity in genocide, exterminatio...

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Radovan Karadzic has been on the run for over ten years (Photo: Wikipedia/Mikhail Evstatief)

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