Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic “died of natural causes; there is no evidence that the death was due to criminal causes.” This conclusion is contained in the final report of Dutch experts, released yesterday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague. Milosevic, 64, was found dead in a holding cell at Scheveningen prison on March 11. An autopsy performed the next day showed that death was due to myocardial infarction. Toxicological analysis of samples taken during the post-mortem examination was delayed. This gave rise to speculation regarding the possible poisoning of the former Yugoslav leader or any other criminal circumstances of his death. Now the Hague Tribunal has closed this page of the Milosevic case. Experts found no evidence that “poisoning or any other toxicological factors could have caused cardiac arrest.”
True, the internal investigation into the circumstances of the death of Slobodan Milosevic continues. Dutch experts are expected to give their opinion “soon” on the quality of medical services provided by the tribunal to the deceased during his lifetime.
