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Thousands mourned Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić
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- Thousands of Bosnian Serbs gathered Tuesday to mourn former military commander Ratko Mladić, who died at 84 while serving a life sentence in prison.
- The Hague tribunal convicted Mladić of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian war, including his role in the killing of about 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica.
Thousands of Bosnian Serbs gathered on Tuesday to commemorate Ratko Mladić, the former military commander and convicted war criminal who died while serving a life sentence for genocide.
Mladić died Thursday at the age of 84 in The Hague, where he had been imprisoned after his conviction for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian war.
His conviction included responsibility for a role in the killing of 8,000 Bosnian men and boys in Srebrenica, in eastern Bosnia.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. 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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