Body of war criminal Mladic returns to Serbia with military honours

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The body of Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic was returned to Serbia from The Hague, where it was honored with a military ceremony. Mladic died while serving a life sentence for genocide and war crimes, and his remains were escorted to a Belgrade military hospital.

Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic’s body arrived in Serbia Thursday, where it was received with military honours. The casket, draped in the Serbian flag, was carried from the plane by six soldiers after arriving from The Hague, accompanied by Mladic’s son Darko and Serbia’s Justice Minister Nenad Vujic. The body was then driven from the airport under police escort, reportedly to a Belgrade military hospital. Mladic died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes and...