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Body of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic flown to Serbia for funeral
The transfer has triggered regional criticism as Serbia prepares military honours and officials expect tens of thousands at the funeral, security officials said.
- On Thursday, President Aleksandar Vucic announced that the body of Ratko Mladic arrived in Serbia from The Hague, with soldiers carrying the casket to a military hospital.
- Mladic died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide and war crimes, convicted by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for orchestrating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and the 43-month siege of Sarajevo.
- Authorities predict "tens of thousands" will attend the funeral scheduled for Monday in a Belgrade suburb, creating what Vucic called a "demanding" security task for police and state agencies.
- European Union Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos criticized state honors, stating glorification of war criminals "has no place in the European Union," while Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic warned such actions could close the door to EU membership.
- The situation reflects Serbia's complex political balance between EU integration and domestic nationalism, as the region remains ethnically divided more than three decades after the war, with Mladic remaining a revered figure among many voters.
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Body of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic returned to Serbia for funeral
The body of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide, was flown to Serbia on a government plane on Thursday. Serbian army soldiers carried the coffin with Mladic’s body…
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AlKhaleej TodayWar criminal Mladic’s body returns to Serbia with military honours
BELGRADE, Sept 4 — Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic’s body arrived in Serbia yesterday, where it was received with military honours.The casket, draped in the Serbian...
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The body of the Bosnian-Serbian war criminal Mladic has been transferred to Serbia.
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The body of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic was delivered to Serbia on a government plane
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