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Death of Ratko Mladic

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FIRST ENTRY AUG 27
SEP 08 · Day 13

Mladic's funeral held amid debate over lessons learned

Over 8,000 men and boys were killed in Srebrenica.

The Serbian state organised a funeral with state honours for Ratko Mladic.

Ratko Mladic was the head of the Bosnian Serb army.

SEP 07 · Day 12

Red Star Belgrade honors Ratko Mladic with tifo

Ratko Mladic died in prison in The Hague.

Red Star Belgrade fans unveiled a tifo honouring Ratko Mladic at the Belgrade derby with Partizan.

Ratko Mladic was known as the 'butcher of Bosnia'.

SEP 07 · Day 12

Funeral of Ratko Mladić held in Serbia

Mladić was convicted of genocide against Bosniak Muslims during the 1990s Bosnian war.

Mladić's troops besieged Sarajevo, resulting in the deaths of more than 10,000 people.

A Serbian government minister initially said Mladić would be given a state funeral, but those plans were changed after objections from some European leaders.

SEP 05 · Day 10

EU official Marta Kos cancels Serbia trip over planned Mladic tribute

EU enlargement chief Marta Kos cancelled her upcoming visit to Serbia.

Ratko Mladic died at the age of 84 on August 27 while serving a life sentence in The Hague.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that Kos's explanation was "very short but stupid".

SEP 04 · Day 9

Mladic's body arrives in Serbia with full military honours

The body of Ratko Mladic arrived in Belgrade.

Ratko Mladic was serving a life sentence for leading the Srebrenica genocide and the Siege of Sarajevo.

Ratko Mladic died in the Hague on August 27.

SEP 03 · Day 8

Serbia welcomes return of war criminal Mladic's body with military honours

Many Serbs consider Mladic a hero despite his conviction by the UN tribunal.

The Bosnian War killed more than 100,000 people and left over 1 million homeless before ending in 1995 in a United States-brokered peace agreement.

Mladic died at age 84 in a UN detention facility.

AUG 29 · Day 3

Mladic legacy and Serbian nationalism

Over 100,000 people were killed in Bosnia during the war.

Aleksandar Vucic is the President of Serbia.

The Dayton Accords created a divided state in Bosnia.

AUG 28 · Day 2

Overview of the Life and War Crimes Trials of Ratko Mladic

Mladic was born in March 1942 in the village of Bozanovici in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

The siege of Sarajevo lasted 1,460 days, killing more than 11,500 people.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic accused the UN war crimes court of uncivilised behaviour for not allowing Mladic early release.

“The Secretary-General stands in solidarity with the victims, survivors and their families who suffered the crimes for which Mr Mladic was found guilty … [and] reiterates his call on all those in position of power to refrain from denying the seriousness of the crimes that have been adjudicated,”
AUG 28 · Day 2

Ratko Mladic Dies and Is Honored in Serbia

Hundreds of Bosnian Serbs gathered to pay tribute to Ratko Mladic.

Serbian Justice Minister Nenad Vujic stated that Ratko Mladic will receive a funeral with military and state honours.

The 1992-1995 Bosnian war resulted in approximately 100,000 deaths and 2.2 million displaced people.

“It is certain that General Mladic will receive all the military and state honours to which he is entitled, as far as the state is concerned,”
NENAD VUJIC verbatim
AUG 27 · Day 1

Bosnian Serb convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic dies

Ratko Mladic died at the age of 84.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic accused the UN war crimes court of "uncivilised behaviour" for not allowing Mladic early release.

Judge Graciela Gatti Santana ordered a full inquiry into the circumstances of Ratko Mladic's death.

AUG 27 · Day 1

Ratko Mladic, convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal, dies at 84

Mladić was dubbed the 'Butcher of Bosnia' for his actions during the Balkan wars of the 1990s.

Ratko Mladić died at the age of 84.

Srebrenica survivor Hasan Hasanović said Mladić's death 'does not bring closure because the people who were killed in Srebrenica cannot come back'.

AUG 27 · Day 1

Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic dies

Ratko Mladic has died.

Ratko Mladic was serving a life sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ratko Mladic was a Bosnian Serb General.

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