# Thousands gather in Belgrade for war criminal Mladic’s funeral

https://mins.news/en/item/48045

- France 24, 2026-09-07 08:08 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260907-thousands-of-mourners-gather-in-belgrade-for-war-criminal-mladic-s-funeral

> Thousands of mourners gathered at a Belgrade church on Monday to view Ratko Mladic’s body. Mladic died in The Hague on August 27 while serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The European Union strongly condemned the event, prompting enlargement commissioner Marta Kos to cancel an upcoming visit to Serbia.

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