President of Serbia announces Ratko Mladic arrest

26 May 2011 Last updated at 07:52 ET Help

Serbian President Boris Tadic has announced Ratko Mladic, wanted for alleged war crimes in Bosnia, has been arrested.

Gen Mladic is accused of a key role in the massacre of at least 7,500 men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995.

President Tadic said work was under way to extradite Gen Mladic to the international war-crimes tribunal in The Hague.

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