| A ten-hour siege in the Serbian capital Belgrade has ended with the arrest of a key war crimes suspect. Veselin Sljivancanin was captured at a block of flats after violent battles between armed police and a crowd trying to protect him. Officers scoured the building after finding his apartment empty. They finally caught him after breaking through a steel reinforced door nearby. Sljivancanin, who is wanted for alleged war crimes in Croatia, was taken to Belgrade's central prison. Police used stun grenades, tear gas and rubber bullets to keep his supporters at bay. At one stage there were 1,000 of them inside the apartment block. At least seven were injured. Sljivancanin faces trial at the international court in the Hague for the alleged killings of more than 200 people in eastern Croatia in 1991. He was charged in 1995 but evaded arrest with the help of the government of former President Slobodan Milosevic. |