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Body of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic to be flown to Serbia, president says

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The Associated Press. (2026, September 3). Body of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic to be flown to Serbia, president says. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/body-of-convicted-war-criminal-ratko-mladic-to-be-flown-to-serbia-president-says/article_a1a993a5-6bb3-56da-b92b-3b8aba76e109.html

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Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic's body will be flown to Serbia on Thursday at the request of President Aleksandar Vucic. No specific details about arrangements for his burial are mentioned, and it is noted that the U.N. court in The Hague has released the body after his death. Mladic was serving a life sentence for genocide and other atrocities committed during the war in Bosnia.

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Ratko Mladic, a former Bosnian Serb army commander and convicted war criminal, has died at 84 while serving a life sentence for genocide and other atrocities committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian War. His body was flown back to Serbia on a government plane and met with a guard of honor in Belgrade. Mladic is considered a hero by many Serbs, but his death has sparked international condemnation from the European Union, which accused Serbia of "glorifying" him. The EU's Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos canceled her visit to Serbia in response, saying that the glorification surrounding Mladic's death was incompatible with the values on which the EU path is built. Thousands are expected to attend Mladic's burial in Belgrade on Monday, despite international condemnation. Mladic was convicted of orchestrating the massacre of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995, as well as other war crimes including setting up concentration camps for detained non-Serb civilians and enemy soldiers.

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The body of the former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide and other atrocities during the war in Bosnia, will be flown to Serbia on Thursday, President Aleksandar Vucic said. asserted

Vucic → die → Thursday

Vucic told reporters that the U.N. court in The Hague, Netherlands, has released Mladic’s body after he died in a hospital there. asserted

he → tell → hospital

The court did not immediately comment. asserted

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Body of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic to be flown to Serbia, president says

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