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Prosecutors: Fugitive Mladic still alive

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Published: June 21, 2010 at 7:47 PM

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina, June 21 (UPI) -- Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, a fugitive for 15 years, is alive, and his arrest remains The Hague's main priority, prosecutors say.

Mladic's family has demanded he be declared legally dead but Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz has dismissed the claim, B92 reported Monday.

"He (Mladic) is alive and there is no reason for us to change our convictions that he is hiding away somewhere, which goes with the reports that we continue receiving from services in Serbia, who are continuing to look for him," Brammertz said.

He said " the European capitals must put added pressure on Serbia in order to bring Ratko Mladic, who has been free for 15 years since the Srebrenica genocide, to justice."

Topics: Ratko Mladic, Serge Brammertz
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