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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Srbski pravosodni minister Nenad Vujić je napovedal, da bodo obsojenega vojnega zločinca Ratka Mladića, ki je umrl med prestajanjem dosmrtne zaporne kazni v Haagu, pokopali z najvišjimi državnimi častmi. Srbski predsednik Aleksandar Vučić pa je medtem sodišča za zločine na območju nekdanje Jugoslavije obtožil dvojnih meril. To poveličevanja Mladića v Republika Srbski z biranjem in cerkvenimi obredi v njegov spomin je medtem kritičen nekdanji žup…
Ratko Mladić was sentenced to life imprisonment for the Srebrenica massacre. After his death, the former army chief of the Bosnian Serbs is now to be buried with military honours.
Serbian Minister Vujic: "The general will have civil and military honors." Croatia protests. Critical voices also in Belgrade
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
In other words, the commander of the Bosnian Serbs' army held responsible for the genocide of Srebrenica and the siege of Sarajevo
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