This is where and when General Ratko Mladic will be laid to rest in Belgrade

Photo: Tanjug/AP

A commemorative gathering in honor of Ratko Mladic will be held on Saturday, September 5, at noon in the Army House in Belgrade.

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The funeral is scheduled for Monday, September 7, at the Topcider cemetery in the Serbian capital.

The body of Ratko Mladic will lie in repose in the Church of St. Luke in Vidikovac, Belgrade, on Monday, September 7, from 09:00 until 12:30.

The funeral service will begin at 12:35, after which the funeral procession will move towards the Topcider cemetery.

Earlier on Thursday, President Aleksandar Vucic confirmed that the body of General Ratko Mladic would arrive in Serbia in the late afternoon.

Ratko Mladic, former commander of the Army of the Serb Republic (VRS) was sentenced to life in prison by the former tribunal in The Hague, and died on August 27 at the age of 84.

The death was preceded by several strokes and a serious deterioration of his health, which was reported about for weeks before the tragic outcome. His family's requests to allow him to receive treatment in Serbia were rejected.

Mladic spent the last 15 years of his life behind bars, starting with his arrest on May 26, 2011 in the village of Lazarevo near Zrenjanin.

(Telegraf.rs)