Body of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic to be flown to Serbia, president says

The body of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide, will be flown to Serbia on ThursdayBELGRADE, Serbia -- The body of the former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide and other atrocities during the war in Bosnia, will be flown to Serbia on Thursday, President Aleksandar Vucic said.Vucic told reporters that the U.N. court in The Hague, Netherlands, has released Mladic's body after he died in a hospital there. The court did not immediately comment. Vucic said Mladic's family will announce funeral plans in the coming days. He predicted that Mladic's admirers could come to the funeral in large numbers. Many Serbs consider Mladic a hero despite his conviction for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity by the U.N. tribunal.“It will be hard to secure and guarantee security to everybody,” Vucic said. He added that Serbia’s police and the state security agency predict that “tens of thousands” could attend. “It will be a demanding job for our (security) services and we will use everything at our disposal to provide security.”Mladic was sentence...