The former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, has been flown from the Serbian capital Belgrade to the war-crimes tribunal in The Hague. He was moved from the court building where he had been held since his arrest last week after 13 years on the run.
He has been indicted for crimes against humanity and genocide during the Bosnian conflict of the 1990s. His transfer comes hours after clashes at a rally attended by at least 10,000 supporters to protest about his arrest.
More than 40 people - most of them police officers - were injured in clashes during the final speeches at the rally organised by the hardline nationalist Radical Party. Riot police fire tear gas at protesters armed with stones and burning flares.
Three cars with tinted windows left the Serbian court building at about 0345 Belgrade time (0145 GMT), with Mr Karadzic inside one of the vehicles. He was then flown to Rotterdam airport in the Netherlands, where helicopters and cars were waiting to transport him to the UN court's detention unit.
Mr Karadzic will make an initial appearance in court in the coming days, when he will hear the charges against him. He will be allowed to enter a plea immediately or take 30 days to do so. The 63-year-old had attempted to challenge the legality of his transfer.
An appeal, posted at the last minute on Friday, had still not been received by the Serbian court on Tuesday, prompting Serbia's justice minister to issue the final extradition order. It remains unclear whether the appeal was ever sent.
