Serbian war criminal Mladic to be buried with ‘state honours’, says minister
Justice Minister Nenad Vujic said Serbia will provide transport and state honors, while the burial site will be decided by Mladić’s family.
- On Thursday, Serbian Justice Minister Nenad Vujic announced that convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić will be buried with state honors in Serbia, with the government arranging transport from The Hague via a special aircraft.
- Known as the 'Butcher of Bosnia', Mladić died Thursday at 84 while serving a life sentence for ordering the Srebrenica massacre, where more than 8,000 were murdered, and the siege of Sarajevo, causing more than 6,000 deaths.
- Vujic confirmed he consulted with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday, agreeing the state would assist in transferring the body to Belgrade; Vujic plans to travel with the family to complete necessary formalities.
- The announcement sparked immediate backlash in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with The Red Lines party calling for expulsion of the Serbian ambassador and a freeze in diplomatic relations if the funeral proceeds.
- Critics assert that glorifying the convicted criminal via a state funeral confirms past aggression, with The Red Lines stating, "genocide is not an affect of an individual but a product of the system.
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Serbia says convicted war criminal Mladić to be buried with ‘highest honors’
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian-Serb general convicted of genocide, will be buried with the “highest military and state honors,” Serbia’s Minister of Justice Nenad Vujić announced Friday, according to the country’s state-run broadcaster. Mladić, 84, died at the UN Detention Unit in The Hague on Thursday, after serving 15 years The post Serbia says convicted war criminal Mladić to be buried with ‘highest honors’ appeared…
In other words, the commander of the Bosnian Serbs' army held responsible for the genocide of Srebrenica and the siege of Sarajevo
It is not yet clear when the body of the war criminal Mladic is leaving the Netherlands. Obviously, what is waiting for him in his home country is already clarified: All military and state honours to which he is entitled, says the Serbian Minister of Justice.
The former military chief of the Bosnian Serbs Ratko Mladic, nicknamed "The Balkan butcher" for his role in the Srebrenica massacre in 1995, will have funerals with "the military and state honours to which he is entitled", announced on local radio K1 the Serbian Minister of Justice Nenad Vujic.
The death of Ratko Mladic on Thursday, August 27 continues to provoke controversy, especially after the announcement by the Serbian Minister of Justice that the former general will be entitled to a national funeral in Serbia despite all his convictions for war crimes and his role in the Srebrenica massacre. This has not failed to give rise to reaction in Serbia and across borders.
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