Here is the statement issued by the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, following the death in detention of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic:
Today, Saturday 11 March, 2006, Slobodan Milosevic was
found lifeless on his bed in his cell at the United Nations
Detention Unit in Scheveningen.
The guard immediately alerted the Detention Unit officer in
command and the medical officer. The latter confirmed that
Slobodan Milosevic was dead.
The Dutch police and a Dutch coroner were called in and
started an inquiry. A full autopsy and a toxicological
examination have been ordered.
Pursuant to his authority under
the tribunal's statute and rules of detention, the tribunal
President, Judge Fausto Pocar, has ordered a full inquiry.
Slobodan Milosevic's family has been informed.