scheveningen

While glancing at Rosalind’s weblog, I stumbled upon the breaking news that Milosevic has been found dead in his cell in Scheveningen. International reports still say the cause of death is unknown and officially that is indeed the case, though Bot, the Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs, said at an EU meeting in Salzburg that he died of natural causes. Nonetheless, the UN will carry out an autopsy including a toxicological investigation. Milosovic’s wife claims the Tribunal killed her husband, but Bot also said that it would have been better for the victims of the war crimes if the Tribunal had been able to round off his trial and there is something to be said for that but, surely, a cell death in isolation is no easy end. Will that give them any vestige of peace of mind, I wonder?

Strange how Scheveningen has played such varied roles: fishing village, language test for spies in the Second World War, home to the war crimes tribunal in recent years and yet maybe its main claim to fame is as a sunshine boulevard for millions every year. The irony. Here is Scheveningen carefree in the sun. May have trouble uploading the photos with a cat asleep on my wrists.