"Search shifts for Pa. trooper ambush suspect" Associated Press September 29, 2014
CANADENSIS, Pa. — The search for the suspect in the deadly ambush of Pennsylvania State Police troopers shifted slightly to the dense woods of the state’s Pocono Mountains during the weekend, police said Sunday.
Trooper Adam Reed of the Pennsylvania State Police said that the focus of the search remains in the same general area as the past two days but has moved slightly southeast.
Police are constantly following up on information they receive, Reed said. He declined to go into specifics about why the shift occurred or what new information police have.
The search for Eric Frein, 31, entered its 16th day Sunday. Authorities said they believe they have Frein contained within a 5-square-mile perimeter around his parents’ home in Canadensis.
Frein is described by authorities as a survivalist, marksman, and war reenactment enthusiast who planned his attack on police for years.
Investigators believe he is armed with at least one high-powered rifle.
Frein is charged with opening fire at the Blooming Grove barracks during a shift change on the night of Sept. 12, killing Corporal Bryon Dickson and seriously injuring Trooper Alex Douglass.
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"As trial ends, prosecutors slam Karadzic as liar" Associated Press September 30, 2014
THE HAGUE — Prosecutors called former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic a liar in closing remarks at his genocide trial Monday, saying he lacks any credibility in denying responsibility for the atrocities committed on a massive scale while he was in charge.
Prosecutor Alan Tieger said Karadzic, 69, should be convicted and imprisoned for life, the heaviest punishment possible at the UN Yugoslav Tribunal.
Karadzic was president of the breakaway Bosnian Serb Republic during the 1992 to 1995 Bosnian War that left 100,000 dead. His responsibilities included ultimate oversight of the army commanded by General Ratko Mladic, who is also on trial for genocide.
Karadzic says he is innocent of any wrongdoing and was unaware of the slaughter of more than 7,000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces at Srebrenica, Bosnia, in 1995 — the worst massacre in Europe since World War II.
Leading his own defense, he is expected to deliver his closing remarks Wednesday. A verdict is expected sometime in mid-2015.
Tieger said Karadzic publicly ‘‘bragged at the time about the painstaking steps he was taking’’ to violently remove non-Serbs from parts of Bosnia to create an ‘‘ethnically pure’’ Serb ministate. Karadzic now denies that, Tieger said, promoting a ‘‘revisionist history’’ and ‘‘blaming those who did his dirty work.’’
Karadzic is charged with genocide for Srebrenica and for the ethnic cleansing of many towns at the start of the war in 1992. He also is charged with murder and persecution for the shelling and sniper campaign that terrorized Sarajevo during a lengthy siege.
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