Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, given hero’s funeral in Serbia
by Oliver Holmes from World news | The Guardian on (#787HH)
Fanfare at Belgrade funeral of man convicted of genocide raises questions from EU over Serbia's membership plan
Thousands of mourners have gathered in Belgrade for the funeral of Ratko Mladi, a Serbian general convicted of orchestrating the worst massacre in Europe since the second world war, and whose hero's return home has raised international alarm.
Known as the Butcher of Bosnia" for his role during the Balkans genocide in the 1990s, Mladi died in prison in late August aged 84 while serving a life sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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