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Potassium cyanide killed war criminal: Dutch prosecutors

by Jo Biddle / Charlotte VAN OUWERKERK Agence France Presse THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Bosnian Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak likely died from heart failure after swallowing potassium cyanide, Dutch prosecutors said Friday, two days after his dramatic courtroom suicide in front of UN judges. “The preliminary results of the toxicological test showed that Mister Praljak had a concentration of potassium cyanide in his blood,” the Dutch prosecution said in a statement. “This has […]