War criminal Ratko Mladic's body returns to Serbia with military honours

The body of Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic arrived in Belgrade on September 4 and was received with full military honours, draped in the Serbian flag. Mladic was serving a life sentence for atrocities committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War.

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Body of war criminal Mladic returns to Serbia with military honours

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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 mi