Ratko Mladic held in Serbia

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This removes a burden from Serbia and closes a page of our unfortunate history, says president.

26 May,2011 07:51 pm

Serbia arrested Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic after years on the run from international genocide charges. “On behalf of the Republic of Serbia I can announce the arrest of Ratko Mladic. The extradition process is underway, Serbian President Boris Tadic told reporters in Belgrade.Commander of Bosnian Serb forces in the 1992-95 Bosnia war, Mladic was indicted by an international war crimes court in 1995 on genocide charges for the Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and 43-month siege of Sarajevo.