Thousands turn out in Serbia for funeral of 'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladić

Thousands attend funeral of war criminal Ratko Mladic in Serbia

Thousands attend funeral of war criminal Ratko Mladic in Serbia

Sep 7, 2026

Thousands of Serbs Gather to Mourn Ratko Mladic, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’

The government insisted the funeral was a private affair, even as government ministers attended and state-controlled news media lavished praise on the convicted war criminal.

Sep 7, 2026

Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, given hero’s funeral in Serbia

Fanfare at Belgrade funeral of man convicted of genocide raises questions for Serbia’s EU membership plan Europe live – latest updates Thousands of mourners have gathered in Belgrade for the funeral of Ratko Mladić, a Serbian general convicted of orchestrating the worst massacre in Europe since the second world war, and whose hero’s return home has raised international alarm. Known as the “Butcher of Bosnia” for ​his role during the Balkans genocide in the 1990s, Mladić died in prison in late Au

Sep 7, 2026

Thousands turn out in Serbia for funeral of 'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladić

Mladić was jailed for genocide during the 1990s Bosnian war and the EU warned Serbia not to glorify the convicted war criminal.

Sep 7, 2026