Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has died in The Hague, it has been confirmed. Milosevic, 64, who was on trial for war crimes, was found in his prison cell at the UN detention centre near The Hague, the UN tribunal said. A spokesman said he had apparently died of natural causes. He was known to have heart problems. Milosevic, 64, who was on trial for war crimes, was found in his prison cell at the UN detention centre near The Hague, the UN tribunal said. A spokesman said he had apparently died of natural causes. Mr Milosevic was known to have heart problems charges he faced involved responsibility for the massacre of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in the enclave of Srebrenica in July 1995, genocide, in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.
He also faced allegations concerning the 1999 war in Kosovo, which prompted Nato to launch a bombing campaign against Serbia.

Kosovo's Deputy Prime Minister Lufi Haziri said: "Unfortunately, he did not face justice for crimes he has committed in Kosovo as well. His trial was often interrupted by his poor health and chronic heart condition, but had been entering the final phase. The tribunal was recessed last week until Tuesday to await the next defence witness.

His lawyer clamed that Slobodan Milosevic feared he was being poisoned just a day before he died in his cell at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. His lawyer Zdenko Tomanovic told reporters Mr Milosevic had complained of "strong drugs in his system only used for treating leprosy or tuberculosis".

intiail result of the autopsy carried out at the Neatherland forensic instutes says that he died of hart attack.His lawyer has officially asked the War Crime tribunal at the Hegue for the release of his body to be buried in Belgred. The Russian forign ministry expressed their lack of trust of the autopsy result. Milosovic farmily is presently leaving Russia.

Marko Milosevic, the son Slobodan Milosevic has arrived in the Netherlands on Tuesday, 14/03/06 to claim the remains of the late Serb leader. Milosevic arrived on an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Amsterdam where his father's lawyer, Zdenko Tomanovic, was waiting to meet him and take him to The Hague. The body remained in the Dutch National Forensic Institute in the city where the former Yugoslav president was on trial for war crimes in the Balkans.