His wife was killed and his 12-year-old son wounded in a shootout with EUFOR troops near the small town of Rogatica.
All three were taken to hospital in the city of Foca. Doctors said Abazovic's wife later died from blood loss.
A local court in Bosnia had indicted Abazovic for alleged war crimes committed in Rogatica during the Bosnian war.
(AP/AFP)
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