BELGRADE, April 11 (Hina) - Vlajko Stojiljkovic, the former Serbian interior minister accused of war crimes who shot himself in the head in front of the Yugoslav parliament building on Thursday evening, is in critical condition and
doctors are fighting for his life, doctor Ana Sijacki told Serbian television.
BELGRADE, April 11 (Hina) - Vlajko Stojiljkovic, the former Serbian
interior minister accused of war crimes who shot himself in the head
in front of the Yugoslav parliament building on Thursday evening,
is in critical condition and doctors are fighting for his life,
doctor Ana Sijacki told Serbian television. #L#
The vice president of the Serb Radical Party, Aleksandar Vucic,
read Stojiljkovic's farewell letter to reporters in front of the
parliament building. In the letter, Stojiljkovic accuses the
incumbent "puppet" authorities, Serbian Prime Minister Zoran
Djindjic and Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica first of all,
for his suicide attempt.
Stojiljkovic says in the letter his act is a protest "against the
breaking up of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, with the
participation of the biggest enemy of our people, Javier Solana,
the ruthless trampling of the constitution and laws of this
country, the waging of a policy of treason and capitulation, the
losing of national dignity, the destruction of national economy and
the bringing of millions of citizens into social misery."
Stojiljkovic is accused of war crimes in Kosovo in 1999, alongside
former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and another three
officials.
The Yugoslav parliament's Council of Citizens earlier today
adopted a law on cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal at The
Hague, which envisages the extradition of indicted Yugoslav
citizens to the tribunal.
The law is set to come into effect on Saturday, with the first
extraditions expected, according to official announcements, later
this month.
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