The Latest: Autopsy shows war criminal had cyanide in system
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Latest on the dramatic death of a Croat ex-general (all times local):
9:20 p.m.
Prosecutors in the Netherlands say an autopsy on a former Croatian general who died after swallowing a liquid at a war crimes hearing showed he had cyanide in his system.
The Hague Public Prosecutor's Office said in a statement Friday night that preliminary results from a toxicological test revealed "a concentration of potassium cyanide" in Slobodan Praljak's blood.
The cyanide caused heart failure that the statement described as the 72-year-old Praljak's "suspected cause of death.