Serbian Officials Provide Details on Arrest of Karadzic

Rasim Ljajic, a senior government official, showed a photo of Radovan Karadzic during a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia. Darko Vojinovic/Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — The arrest of the wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, charged in the worst massacre since World War II, was an unlikely yet radical transformation in a country that had appeared to be headed on a path toward virulent nationalism and isolation. Just six months ago, before seminal Serbian presidential elections, more than 25,000 supporters of Serbia’s far-right Radical party packed a stadium here, where the warm-up act included a haunting song celebrating Mr. Karadzic. “Our brother hiding in a cave,” the lyrics went. For those assembled, who wore “No to Hague Tyranny!” pins, Mr. Karadzic was a hero of Serbian myth, and handing him over to the... [read full story]