Serbia holds funeral for convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic

Author: aljazeera.comPublished on: September 7, 2026Country: Serbia

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The funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic was held in Belgrade with state honors, attended by thousands. The former Bosnian Serb commander was found guilty of genocide against Bosniak Muslims in the 1990s. He died while serving a life sentence at the ICC in The Hague.

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