Bosnian Serb Leader Karadzic Set to Boycott Hague Trial

Karadzic sent a letter to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), saying his defence was "not ready". Photo by telegraph.co.uk

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has told the court at The Hague he intends to boycott the start of his trial on Monday.

Karadzic sent a letter to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), saying his defence was "not ready", the BBC reported.

He denies 11 charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, dating back to the Bosnian war.

Certain charges are related to the 1995 massacre of 8,000 people at Srebrenica.

Karadzic, who is defending himself, was arrested in Serbia and brought to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia last year, after more than a decade in hiding.

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