Thousands Gather in Belgrade for Funeral of Convicted War Criminal Mladic
The state-backed funeral drew thousands as officials in Republika Srpska and Serbia praised the convicted war criminal despite international condemnation.
- Convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić is buried in Belgrade on Monday at a ceremony expected to draw thousands despite international condemnation.
- Mladić died in late August at age 84 while serving a life sentence for genocide, including the 1995 Srebrenica massacre where Bosnian Serb forces killed around 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys.
- European Union enlargement commissioner Marta Kos cancelled a visit to Serbia, saying the "glorification surrounding his death is incompatible with the values on which the EU path is built."
- Denis Bećirović, chairman of Bosnia's tripartite presidency, wrote on Facebook Friday that the funeral represents "an act of identification by Serbia's leadership with one of the worst killers in European history."
- Organizing the funeral, Mladić's son Darko said he was "proud of the role" played by his father, while ceremony speakers praised him as a "towering figure both as a man and a soldier.
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Belgrade, 7 Sep. (askanews) - In Belgrade, the crowd gathered for the funeral of the war criminal sentenced Ratko Mladic, who died at the end of August, at the age of 84, while serving life in The Hague for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the war in Bosnia. The participants of the funeral poured into the church of St. Luke in Belgrade from 7 a.m. to pay homage to Mladic, many kissing the closed coffin, while the…
The funeral of former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic is being held in Belgrade on Monday. A man who was serving a life sentence in The Hague for genocide at Srebrenica, crimes against humanity and war crimes will be buried in Topčider cemetery next to his daughter Ana. The ceremony is preceded by a final farewell in the church of St. Luke, where his supporters come from the morning.
In the Serbian capital Belgrade, the controversial celebrations for the burial of the late war criminal Ratko Mladic have begun.
The remains of the former military leader will be exposed in a church before the procession to the cemetery. The European Commissioner for Enlargement cancelled a visit to Serbia in early September, denouncing the "glorification around the death" of the genocidary.
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