{
  "id": 5376152,
  "title": "Ratko Mladic’s Body Flown to Belgrade, Met by Serbian Officials",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/ratko-mladics-body-flown-to-belgrade-met-by-serbian-officials",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T17:34:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Balkan Insight",
    "slug": "balkan-insight",
    "url": "https://balkaninsight.com/2026/09/03/ratko-mladics-body-flown-to-belgrade-met-by-serbian-officials/btj/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The body of Ratko Mladic, a former Bosnian Serb army commander, was flown to Belgrade on a Serbian government plane. According to Balkan Insight, it was met by the Minister of Justice and an honour guard.\n\nMladic had been serving a life sentence for genocide and other atrocities during the war in Bosnia. He died the previous week.\n\nThe return of Mladic's body was confirmed by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, as reported by the Winnipeg Free Press.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Body of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic to be flown to Serbia, president says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/body-of-convicted-war-criminal-ratko-mladic-to-be-flown-to-serbia",
        "published": "2026-09-03T13:47:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}