Slobodan Milosevic, Serbia's Former Leader, Dies in Prison CellMarch 11 (Bloomberg) -- Slobodan Milosevic, the ousted leader of the former Yugoslavia who was facing charges of war crimes committed during the 1990s Balkan wars, died today in his prison cell.
Milosevic was found lifeless on his bed at the UN Detention Unit in Scheveningen, the Netherlands today, according to a statement on the Web Site of the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Tribunal President Fausto Pocar has ordered a full inquiry, the statement said.
Milosevic, the first head of state to face an international war crimes trial, was 64.
He was extradited to The Hague in 2001, and his trial had to be adjourned several times because of his deteriorating health. He suffered from high blood pressure and risked heart attacks. In November 2002, judges in the case ordered him to undergo a psychiatric review to assess the strain of the trial.
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