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Serb prosecutor: Protester died of police beating

08-11-2008 - 24:24

A prosecutor in Serbia says the death of a nationalist protester resulted from injuries sustained in clashes with police at a rally supporting genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic.

State prosecutor spokesman Tomo Zoric says those responsible will be held accountable.

Dozens of people were injured in the July protest in Belgrade against the arrest of Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader.

Ranko Panic, 41, suffered abdominal injuries. He died two weeks later. The extremist Serbian Radical Party demanded Friday that Interior Minister Ivica Dacic resign over Panic's death.

Karadzic was arrested on genocide charges by a U.N. court but Serb nationalists view him as a hero.

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