hague former bosnian croat military commander swallow say poison u.n. war crimes courtroom wednesday die shortly lose appeal 20-year prison term slobodan praljak apparent courtroom suicide broadcast video fee come final minutes last judgment international criminal tribunal former yugoslavia close next month 24 years white-bearded praljak 72 take hospital drink flask glass icty judge read appeal rule five convict bosnian croat war criminals tribunal spokesman nenad golcevski say drink poison ex-general tell stun court war criminal oppose conviction gulp drink sit back slump chair say lawyer courtroom time praljak drink liquid court quickly fell ill golcevski say treat tribunal medical staff pass away today hmc hospital hague say preside judge carmel agius hastily suspend hear courtroom declare crime scene dutch authorities forensic investigation get way chamber seal public tell leave take away glass agius say instruct guard low blind block glass-partition separate court public chaotic moments follow guard paramedics race courtroom ambulances speed away croatian prime minister andrej plenkovic whose country patron separatist croat force bosnia 1992-95 war say regret praljak death offer condolences family act tell deep ethical injustice toward six bosnian croats croatian people icty uphold appeal praljak conviction charge crimes humanity persecution murder expulsions bosnian muslims territory capture nationalist bosnian croats brutal imprisonment 1,000 muslims read judgment also rule appeal convictions sentence five bosnian croat convict resume two hours praljak drink apparent poison incident upstage appeal rule important croatia suspend session parliament lawmakers could follow hear southern bosnian town mostar bosnian croats muslims fight war co-exist uneasy peace cafes close avoid incidents praljak acquit charge wanton destruction relate bosnian croat militia shell mostar iconic ottoman-era old bridge judge rule legitimate military target thousand bosnian croats gather mostar square late wednesday light candle support praljak mass honor hold pack catholic cathedral churchgoers drape croatian flag come support general pay respect general praljak could bear injustice make final verdict pride hero say darko drmac bosnian croat war veteran fikret kurtic mostar muslim detain croat-run detention center war say verdict could change past may serve example others divide country crimes go unpunished kasim brkovic unemployed bosnian muslim war veteran former prisoner say people power today still live camp beat us anymore icty also uphold convictions jadranko prlic former political leader breakaway bosnian croat statelet war along military police figure bruno stojic milivoj petrovic valentin coric berislav pusic judge rule criminal conspiracy involvement croatia government then-president franjo tudjman die 1999 aim ethnic cleanse muslim population part bosnia cement croat domination defendants wednesday receive sentence range 10 25 years decision appeal chairman post-war bosnia shaky muslim-serb-croat presidency dragan covic croat say praljak show whole world kind sacrifice ready make prove war criminal previously two defendants await icty trial serbs commit suicide hang u.n. cells accord court document slavko dogmanovic die 1998 milan babic find dead lock cell 2006. icty indict 161 suspect bosnia croatia serbia montenegro kosovo connection atrocities ethnic war 1990s 83 convict 60 ethnic serbs court lead suspect former yugoslav serbian president slobodan milosevic die heart attack march 2006 months rule genocide trial last week former bosnian serb military commander ratko mladic convict genocide war crimes crimes humanity mass kill expulsions muslims siege sarajevo sentence life prison mladic lawyers try delay verdict mid-reading say ill continue mladic remove courtroom shout judge liars bosnian croat war crimes convict die take 'poison u.n. court