Tony Blair in citizen's arrest scare as Brussels journalist tries to detain him over 'war crimes'

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Mail

Tony Blair in citizen's arrest scare as Brussels journalist tries to detain him over 'war crimes'
By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 7:17 PM on 23rd March 2010

A reporter in Brussels has tried to place Tony Blair under citizen's arrest over his role in the Iraq war, it has emerged.
Irish reporter David Cronin, a freelance journalist, put his hand on Mr Blair's arm during the former premier's visit to the European Parliament to discuss the Middle East conflict on Monday.

Mr Blair flinched as Cronin said: 'This is a citizen's arrest', local media reported.

The former Prime Minister's bodyguards quickly pushed Cronin, 38, away. 'You are charged with war crimes,' he said as the bodyguards stepped in, the EUobserver.com said.

Cronin, who works for Inter-Press news agency in Brussels, had intended to ask Mr Blair to go with him to a police station to be charged with committing a 'war of aggression'.

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