Ratko Mladic taken to hospital as precaution: court

Ratko Mladic taken to hospital as precaution: court

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Ratko Mladic taken to hospital as precaution: court

This video image made available by The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, shows former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic in the court room in The Hague, Netherlands Monday July 9, 2012. AP photo

Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic was on Thursday taken to hospital as a precaution after being taken ill in court, a spokeswoman for the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal said.

"Mladic was feeling unwell and he was taken to a hospital as a precautionary measure," said Nerma Jelacic, a spokeswoman for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.