Bosnian TV broadcasts new footage of Mladic
New footage of Ratko Mladic has been broadcast on Bosnian television
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Thursday, 11, Jun 2009 02:46
New footage of one of Europe's top war crimes fugitives Ratko Mladic has been broadcast on Bosnian television today.
Federation TV claims the footage showed Mr Mladic at a series of family events, including at a ski resort with his wife last year.
Serbia however has countered claiming none of the new images are more recent than 2002 and the footage had been leaked to influence the ongoing debate over the country's EU application.
Mr Mladic is wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia for the alleged war crimes in connection with the Bosnian civil war between 1992 and 1995.
The new footage shows the 67-year-old in apparent good health and surrounded by a number of people.
Serbia recently stepped up efforts to find Mr Mladic after the arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic who is currently on trial in The Hague on charges of genocide, war crime and crimes against humanity.
Two days ago one of the general's former bodyguards alleged he had been able to move around Serbia with army protection until 2002.
Mr Mladic has been on the run since 1995 when he was indicted for genocide for allegedly orchestrating the massacre of thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica.