LONDON James Rodriguez Colombia Jersey , April 18 (Xinhua) -- A former leader of the Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) was shot dead on Friday afternoon on a busy street in western Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland, local media reported Friday, citing police sources.

Tommy Crossan, reportedly the CIRA's former leader and a dissident Republican, was attacked in a fatal shooting near the Peter Pan centre in Springfield Road of western Belfast Guillermo Celis Colombia Jersey , local police was quoted by British Sky News as saying.

Part of the Springfield Road was closed to traffic while local police arrived at the scene to investigate the incident.

Crossan was believed to be the subject of a death threat from his former allies, according to Sky News.

"Serious Crime Branch Detectives launch murder investigation after 43 year old man is shot dead in Springfield Rd area Belfast this afternoon," the Police Service Northern Ireland tweeted on Friday night without giving the name of the victim.

"Shame on those who bring death to Belfast streets at Eastertide. They represent no-one but themselves and have no place in our great city," Lord Mayor of Belfast Mairtin O Muilleoir said via his personal twitter account.

CIRA has been listed as a main dissident republican group, which rejects the 1998 Belfast Agreement and continues to carry out attacks. It opposes political engagement with the British and Irish governments on any subject other than the establishment of a united Irish republic, according to the British Security Service Fredy Guarin Colombia Jersey , Britain's national security intelligence agency.

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JAKARTA, March 21 (Xinhua)-- The death toll of Indonesian army helicopter crash in Poso of Sulawesi rose to 13 on Monday as a probe into the accident and search for the black box are underway, military spokesman said here.

""One body was pulled out from the wreckage today (Monday), bringing the death toll to 13 now,"" Indonesian Armed Forces Spokesman Colonel Berlin G. told Xinhua by phone.

The Bell 412 EP chopper with 13 people on board crashed at 17:55 p.m. local time in Kasiguncu village of Poso on Sunday when it was conducting a routine task, Colonel I Made Sutia Frank Fabra Colombia Jersey , spokesman of the military command in Sulawesi province, has told Xinhua via phone.

Twelve bodies, most of them high-ranking military officers, were discovered after the crash, according to Berlin.

The spokesman said that a team has been dispatched to the scene to investigate the accident and efforts to look for the black box of the copper are under way now.

The colonel ruled out the possibility of militant strikes as the cause of the accident in the area where Indonesian police and military have been conducting military operation to pursue the country's most-wanted high profile terrorist figure Santoso.

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UNITED NATIONS, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Top UN officials on Thursday welcomed a guilty verdict handed down by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic Felipe Aguilar Colombia Jersey , calling the judgement is ""historic"" for the people of the region and beyond.

Karadzic, who had been president of the self-styled Bosnian Serb Republic, was found guilty for the genocide in Srebrenica in 1995 and he was convicted with 40 years of imprisonment at ICTY in The Hague on Thursday.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, through his deputy spokesman Farhan Haq at a daily news briefing here, said that ""this was a historic day for the people of the region and beyond as well as for international criminal justice.""

""The judgment sends a strong signal to all who are in positions of responsibility that they will be held accountable for their actions, and shows once again that fugitives cannot outrun the international community's collective resolve to make sure that they face justice according to the law Farid Diaz Colombia Jersey ,"" the secretary-general said.

""Fugitives cannot outrun the international community's collective resolve to make sure that they face justice according to the law,"" Ban said.

Haq said that ""the secretary-general expresses deep appreciation for the dedication and hard work of the judges and staff of the ICTY as they progress towards the completion of the Tribunal's work.""

In a separate statement, the UN high commissioner for human rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, welcomed the verdict calling it ""hugely significant.""

""His judgment is symbolically powerful -- above all for the victims of the crimes committed during the wars in Bosnia-Herzegovina and across the former Yugoslavia, but also for victims across the world Edwin Cardona Colombia Jersey ,"" said Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein in a statement from his Office (OHCHR).

He that while the verdict might be appealed, it shows ""no matter how powerful they are, no matter how untouchable they imagine themselves to be, no matter what continent they inhabit, the perpetrators of such crimes must know that they will not escape justice.""

The massacre in Srebrenica took place in July 1995, in which more than 7 Dayro Moreno Colombia Jersey ,000 Muslim men were reportedly killed by Bosnian Serb forces.

Karadzic was also convicted of persecution, extermination, murder, deportation, inhumane acts (forcible transfer), terror David Ospina Colombia Jersey , unlawful attacks on civilians and hostage-taking.

The ICTY acquitted him of the charge of genocide in other municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992.

Zeid has a personal connection to the trial, having served in the UN Protection Force in the Former Yugoslavia between 1994 and 1996.

In his statement, Zeid said the verdict stripped away the pretence that Karadzic's actions were anything more than political manipulation, and exposes him as ""the architect of destruction and murder on a massive scale.""

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