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Crowds Gather in Belgrade for Funeral of Convicted War Criminal Ratko Mladić

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Crowds gathered in Belgrade for the funeral of Ratko Mladić, who died in The Hague at age 84 while serving a life sentence.
  • Mladić had been convicted of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the 1990s war in Bosnia.
  • The gathering prompted criticism from Brussels over the glorification of a convicted genocidaire.

Crowds began gathering in Belgrade on Monday morning for the funeral of Ratko Mladić, the convicted war criminal who died in The Hague at the age of 84.

Mladić had been serving a life sentence after being convicted of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the 1990s war in Bosnia.

The funeral came as Brussels accused some people in Serbia of glorifying a man convicted of genocide during the Bosnian War.

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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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