UN court acquits Karadzic of 1 genocide count

Source: Associated Press

AP foreign, Thursday June 28 2012

MIKE CORDER

Associated Press= THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal acquitted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Thursday of one of the two genocide charges he faces at the halfway stage of his long-running trial.

While the dismissal of the genocide charge was a setback for prosecutors, judges upheld 10 more charges, including a genocide count covering Karadzic's alleged involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys.

Judges said prosecutors did not present enough evidence to support the genocide count covering mass killings, expulsions and persecution by Serb forces of Muslims and Croats from Bosnian towns early in the country's 1992-95 war.

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His trial will continue later this year on the 10 remaining counts. Karadzic is due to begin presenting evidence in his defense on Oct. 16.

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