The wife of Bosnian Serb war-crimes suspect
Radovan Karadzic, Ljiljana Zelen-Karadzic, said that she was shocked to hear
that her husband was arrested late Monday after nearly 13 years as a fugitive.
"I was in shock and disbelief when I heard. ... At least I know now
he is alive," Ljiljana Zelen-Karadzic told reporters gathered outside her
home in Karadzic's former stronghold of Pale, some 20 kilometres south-east of the capital, Sarajevo.
She said that her daughter, Sonja, informed her by telephone about the arrest.
A few years ago, Zelen-Karadzic publicly called on her husband to surrender, to
spare his family the frequent searches and difficult position caused by his
flight from justice.
Karadzic's wartime stronghold of Pale remained calm after his apprehension was
announced.
At the same time, hundreds of people in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo took to
the streets, honking car horns to celebrate Karadzic's arrest.
Sarajevo police tightened security in the capital, but no problems were
reported overnight.
Bosnian Serb Police Director Uros Pena said that the security levels were
increased across the Srpska Republic, especially around religious sites and the
outposts of international organizations.
The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted Karadzic in 1995 for war crimes, genocide, crimes
against humanity and severe breaches of the Geneva Conventions during the
1992-95 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, dpa
reported.
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