Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian-Serb general convicted of genocide, will be buried with the “highest military and state honors,” Serbia’s Minister of Justice Nenad Vujić announced Friday, according to the country’s state-run broadcaster.
Mladić, 84, died at the UN Detention Unit in The Hague on Thursday, after serving 15 years of his life sentence.
It was not clear whether the plans include a full state funeral for the convicted war criminal. The Serbian government did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment. According to Vujić, the burial location would be decided by the Mladić family.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić told the media that if “the family wishes for him to be buried in Serbia, we will organize everything in a decent and dignified manner.”
Known as the “Butcher of Bosnia,” Mladić personally orchestrated some of the worst war crimes of the Balkan wars, including the siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre.
