Karadzic taken to The Hague

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was taken to a prison cell in The Hague yesterday to face trial at a UN war crimes tribunal on charges of genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnia war.

Karadzic, arrested near Belgrade last week, was flown out of Serbia by plane at night under tight security. Shortly after dawn, he was whisked from Rotterdam airport to the Scheveningen detention center near The Hague.

He will appear before the tribunal for the first time at 4 pm (1400 GMT) today, and will be asked to enter a plea to the charges against him, the court said.