UN court acquits Karadzic of 1 genocide count

[June 28, 2012]  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has acquitted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of one of the two genocide charges he faces at the halfway stage of his long-running trial.

Judges say prosecutors did not present enough evidence to support the genocide count covering mass killings, expulsions and persecution by Serb forces of Muslims and Croats from Bosnian towns early in the country's 1992-95 war.

However judges refused Thursday to dismiss 10 more charges, including a genocide count covering Karadzic's alleged involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslim men. His trial will continue.

The U.N. court's rules allow suspects to seek acquittal after prosecutors wrap up their case. Earlier this month Karadzic asked judges to dismiss all 11 counts against him, saying prosecutors had failed to prove them.

[Associated Press]

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