Vucic: Ratko Mladic’s Body Recovered, Expected to Arrive in Serbia This Afternoon
Vucic said the U.N. court released the body after Mladic died in custody, and police expect tens of thousands at the funeral.
- The body of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic will be flown to Serbia on Thursday, President Aleksandar Vucic confirmed after The Hague released the remains following his death last week.
- Mladic was sentenced in 2017 for orchestrating the massacre of more than 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995 and the yearslong siege of Sarajevo during the 1992-95 conflict, crimes that defined his notoriety.
- After Mladic died last Thursday, thousands of Serbs held vigils in his honor, though families of victims say his conviction brought at least some justice for the brutal deaths of their loved ones.
- Vucic predicted "tens of thousands" could attend the funeral, saying it will be a demanding job for Serbia's police and state security agency to guarantee safety for everyone.
- Serbia remains formally seeking European Union entry but stays defiant over its war role, with Vucic criticizing The Hague for blaming only Serbs and failing to release Mladic on humanitarian grounds.
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The President of Serbia, Alexander Vuccic, announced the early arrival in Belgrade of the body of the former Bosnian Serb army commander, General Ratko Mladić. The Head of State informed of the return of the General's remains to his home country and handed over TASS. "As far as I know, the body has already been taken, and it is due to arrive in Serbia late in the evening," said Vuccic to journalists. The politician noted that precise information…
The unsuspecting body of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, who died last week at The Hague, where he was serving his life sentence, will be transported during the day to Serbia where he will be buried, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday, AFP reports.
The family of the "butcher of Srebrenica" will decide on the burial place.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced today that the body of the late general of the Army of Republika Srpska, Ratko Mladić, convicted in The Hague for genocide and war crimes, has been retrieved and is expected to arrive in Serbia today. This was confirmed by the President of Serbia, Aleksan...
It was announced by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. He did not provide a precise date for the ceremony, which, according to the media, should take place in Belgrade
Vucic: Ratko Mladic’s Body Recovered, Expected to Arrive in Serbia This Afternoon
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, said today that the body of Ratko Mladić, a war criminal convicted of genocide in Srebrenica, has been retrieved and should arrive in Serbia today. “I received information that the body has been taken over and should arrive in Serbia in the late afternoon,” said Vučić. Mladić’s death reopened […]
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