Ratko Mladic, former Serbian-Bosnian army general known as the "Butcher of the Balkans," was buried this Monday in Belgrade with military honors, after dying in late August at the age of 83 in The Hague, where he was serving a life sentence.
Mladic was convicted of war crimes and genocide committed during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Among the crimes for which he was convicted are the Srebrenica massacre, which resulted in the death of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys, as well as the prolonged siege of Sarajevo.
The funeral was attended by several Serbian government ministers, who paid military honors to the former general. The ceremony took place in the Serbian capital, where Mladic had reserved a place in Belgrade's military cemetery.
Mladic was arrested in 2011 after years on the run and was ultimately convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia of genocide, crimes against humanity, and violations of the laws and customs of war. His death occurred while he was still serving his life sentence.
