Milosevic was murdered, says his son
Agencies
| March 14 2006
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Why Milosevic Was Murdered
Slobodan Milosevic's son today claimed his father was
murdered, as he arrived in the Netherlands to collect the former Serbian
president's body.
"He got killed, he didn't die. He got killed. There is a murder,"
Marko Milosevic told the Associated Press.
Milosevic died in his prison cell on Saturday, months
from an expected verdict in his war crimes and crimes against humanity trial
in The Hague.
A post-mortem by Dutch doctors blamed his death on
a heart attack but Moscow has expressed doubts over the reliability of the
results. A Russian forensic team is due to arrive in the Netherlands later
today.
It is still uncertain where Milosevic will be buried
in Moscow or Belgrade.
The secretary general of the Socialist party he led until 2001 said an arrest
warrant had been dropped against Milosevic's wife - a move that would allow
her to return from Russia - but cautioned that that did not guarantee a Serbian
funeral for its former president.
There was no official confirmation from Serbian prosecutors
that Mira Markovic, who fled to Moscow in 2003, would be free from charges
of abuse of power if she returned to Belgrade.
The Serbian president, Boris Tadic, has dismissed calls
from the Socialist party for Milosevic to be granted a full state funeral.
Disputes over the funeral arrangements and postmortem
have contributed to a sense of uncertainty since Milosevic's death.
Moscow and Belgrade are keen for a new postmortem examination
because both sides believe the authorities at the tribunal failed to provide
adequate healthcare. Russia is particularly angry that the tribunal rejected
a recent request by Milosevic to travel to Moscow for medical treatment
despite assurances he would be sent back to The Hague.
A Dutch toxicologist indicated yesterday that Milosevic
may have taken drugs used to treat leprosy and TB in order to reduce the
effectiveness of other medication and increase his chances of travelling
to Russia.
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