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Belgrade held a commemoration on Saturday for Ratko Mladić, the convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal, ahead of his burial scheduled for Monday. Around 300 people attended the ceremony at a military facility, organized by an association of retired and active Serbian army generals, according to an Agence France-Presse reporter .
Among the attendees were Mladić’s family, including his son Darko and widow Bosiljka, as well as Serbian Justice Minister Nenad Vujic and Republika Srpska President Siniša Karan . Some mourners wore T-shirts bearing Mladić’s image and slogans such as “General, are you afraid of anyone? ‘I fear no one but God.’” .
Mladić, 84, died on Aug. 27 in The Hague while serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war, including the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys . His remains were returned to Serbia on Thursday aboard a government plane, received with military honors .
Thousands are expected to attend his burial at a Belgrade cemetery on Monday . EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos canceled a planned visit to Serbia on Friday, citing the “glorification” of Mladić as incompatible with European values .
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