OM: no instructions for help with suicide Praljak

The judiciary has found no indication that former Croatian general Slobodan Praljak would have been assisted in his suicide. It became known on Friday. After being sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Yugoslav court in Praljak last November, he took a poison to court. Two hours later, he died at the hospital

At the request of the Yugoslavian court, the Attorney General's office investigated how Praljak had obtained the poison for a year. The Crown now finds that there is no indication that the former army commander has received assistance in smuggling the bottle into the courtroom.

According to the law, there is no indication that the Drugs Prohibiting Toxic Cyanide Act or the Assisted Suicide Act have been violated. This does not mean that Praljak has not received any help, but that it is unclear how cyanide entered the courtroom. In case of search, the bottle containing the small amount of cyanide was not noticed. The security of the court rooms is in the hands of the UN and not Dutch security guards.

The Crown does not rule out that Praljak got the poison out of the country and wears it for a long time. During the session, he had the bottle conscious several times and then appeared from the pictures. Praljak was twice in spaces where he was not filmed, toilets and a kind of waiting room. He was alone in both places.

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Praljak had been thinking about suicide for some time

According to the witness statements, it became clear that Praljak had been thinking about suicide for some time. So, many times, we said goodbye to people in his environment. After his death, a letter of farewell was also found to his family in which he wrote that he would commit suicide if he was found guilty. Praljak was sentenced to 20 years in prison for involvement in war crimes during the Bosnian civil war (1992-1995). It was the last session before the closing of the court a month later.

Cyanide is forbidden, but it is often used to commit suicide. The substance is very toxic for the victim, but also for humanitarian workers. The poison seriously disturbs the balance of oxygen and prevents the cells from receiving oxygen. Often a single pinch of poison is needed to make him deadly. In particular, cyanide was used for mass suicide in Jonestown, the place of worship in Guyana.

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