Posted on 07/22/2008 4:39:15 AM PDT by Mel70
Karadžić practiced alternative medicine
22 July 2008 | 11:12 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug
BELGRADE -- Radovan Karadžić lived in Belgrade with an assumed identity, and practiced alternative medicine, said Rasim Ljajić.
At a joint conference led by the president of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal and War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević, it was stated that Karadžić worked at a private Belgrade surgery under the alias of Dragan Dabić.
It was added that he had been arrested last night in Belgrade while moving from one location to another.
Vukčević and Ljajić said that the operation had begun yesterday afternoon, and that preparations had begun some time earlier. They confirmed that Karadžić had chosen to remain silent for the most part, and that he had been handed his Tribunal indictment.
Ljajić said that a group of people had been followed, who were suspected of being part of the fugitive's support network, and that this was how Karadžić had been apprehended.
He had been using forged documents under the name of Dragan Dabić, and that Karadžić himself was not a Serbian national. Vukčević said that he had been very convincing in hiding his true identity, had practiced alternative medicine, which was how he had earned money, and that he had worked in a private doctor’s surgery. Neither the surgery’s employees nor his landlord had even known of his true identity.
His last place of residence was New Belgrade. He had moved freely through the city, and had appeared in public places.
A photograph of Karadžić was shown with long grey hair, a long grey beard and moustache, and spectacles.
The suspect was arrested in the outskirts of Belgrade while moving to a different location. The Action Team waited for Karadžić to move to avoid any collateral damage, in which, they said, they had been successful.
Ljajić and Vukčević stated that they could not give any more information, as a reconstruction of the suspect’s movements was still ongoing that could be of help in the hunt for the remaining two fugitives.
“This shows that we’re not choosing either the place or time for arresting suspects. There was international pressure to arrest Mladić, not many people expected Karadžić’s arrest. But operative knowledge led to his location and arrest,“ the president of the National Council explained.
Earlier in the day Karadžić was questioned by the investigative judge at the Belgrade District Court.
Why do they always go with the Santa look, when hiding? Cue Saddam...
Breaking news? WTF?
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