Serbian War Criminal Ratko Mladic to Be Buried with 'State Honours'
- Ratko Mladic, convicted of genocide and war crimes during the 1990s Bosnian War, died while serving a life sentence in The Hague.
- Mladic was known for leading the siege of Sarajevo and orchestrating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, which was one of Europe's worst atrocities since World War II.
- Serbia's Justice Minister Nenad Vujic confirmed that Mladic will be buried with full military and state honors in Serbia.
- Despite his conviction, many in the Bosnian Serb entity still view Mladic as a hero, while international figures condemned him as "the epitome of evil.
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Gatherings and church services are taking place in Republika Srpska in memory of General Ratko Mladić. The Bosniak vice president of this entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina condemned the gathering in Zvornik.
Former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, nicknamed "The Balkans butcher for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, will have a funeral with "all the military and state honors to which he is entitled," Serbian justice minister Nenad Vujic, at the local K1 radio station, announced on Friday, AFP, taken over by Agerpres.
For the deceased former General Ratko Mladic there is apparently a state funeral in Serbia.
The decision of the Belgrade Ministry of Justice arrives in the aftermath of the death in prison at the Hague of the former military responsible for crimes against humanity in the war of Yugoslavia
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