Mladic visits daughter's grave

Serbian war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, under heavy guard, visited his daughter's grave Tuesday in a Belgrade cemetery, prosecutors said. Ana Mladic was found dead in her family home in a Belgrade neighborhood in March 1994. The official version of her death indicated she used her father's service pistol to commit suicide. Mladic, awaiting a court ruling on his transfer to a U.N. Nations tribunal at The Hague, Netherlands, was taken to his daughter's grave in Belgrade in a convoy of police vehicles, an ambulance and an armored Land Rover, The New York Times reported. Since his capture last week, Mladic repeatedly sought permission to visit the grave of his daughter, whom he maintained was murdered, despite the official ruling of suicide. Mladic, 69, had been on the run almost 16 years. He is accused of being responsible for the 1992-1995 Siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre -- the largest mass murder in Europe since the Danube Swabians concentration camps of World War II. Bruno Vekaric, Serbia's deputy war crimes prosecutor, said prosecutors and the court granted Mladic's request as his attorney pushed an appeal of his transfer to The Hague to face genocide charges before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for his role during the 1990s Balkan war. A three-judge tribunal has three days to reach a decision once they officially receive the appeal. Government officials said Mladic could be transferred two to four days after a ruling. Mladic's lawyer, Milos Saljic, said a new medical report was turned over to the investigative judge on Mladic's case outlining severe health problems. Saljic said Mladic keeps retreating to the past and finds it difficult to concentrate on one subject for any length of time, the Times said. Saljic is appealing the transfer order on grounds that his client is unfit mentally and physically to stand trial. Mladic visits daughter's grave BELGRADE - UPI Serbian war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, under heavy guard, visited his daughter's grave Tuesday in a Belgrade cemetery, prosecutors said. Ana Mladic was found dead in her family home in a Belgrade neighborhood in March 1994. The official version of her death indicated she used her father's service pistol to commit suicide. Mladic, awaiting a court ruling on his transfer to a U.N. Nations tribunal at The Hague, Netherlands, was taken to his daughter's grave in Belgrade in a convoy of police vehicles, an ambulance and an armored Land Rover, The New York Times reported. Since his capture last week, Mladic repeatedly sought permission to visit the grave of his daughter, whom he maintained was murdered, despite the official ruling of suicide. Mladic, 69, had been on the run almost 16 years. He is accused of being responsible for the 1992-1995 Siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre -- the largest mass murder in Europe since the Danube Swabians concentration camps of World War II. Bruno Vekaric, Serbia's deputy war crimes prosecutor, said prosecutors and the court granted Mladic's request as his attorney pushed an appeal of his transfer to The Hague to face genocide charges before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for his role during the 1990s Balkan war. A three-judge tribunal has three days to reach a decision once they officially receive the appeal. Government officials said Mladic could be transferred two to four days after a ruling. Mladic's lawyer, Milos Saljic, said a new medical report was turned over to the investigative judge on Mladic's case outlining severe health problems. Saljic said Mladic keeps retreating to the past and finds it difficult to concentrate on one subject for any length of time, the Times said. Saljic is appealing the transfer order on grounds that his client is unfit mentally and physically to stand trial.