Ex-Navy Chief Charged With Deaths in Croatia
The U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague has charged the former chief of the Yugoslav navy and three other ex-commanders with the deaths of dozens of civilians in the 1991 shelling of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Milan Zec, 58, who retired as navy commander in January, was a battleship commander during a campaign by Yugoslav forces to bring the city under control after Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia.
The Yugoslav army and navy attacked the Adriatic port, a UNESCO World Heritage site, while backing a rebellion by minority Serbs in Croatia. Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte called for the four to be arrested immediately.
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