Mladic left nation torn apart, says prosecutor

FORMER Bosnian Serb military commander Radtko Mladic must be held to account for using his power to commit atrocities that tore a nation apart, a UN war crimes prosecutor said.

Mladic, who was arrested in Serbia last Thursday and extradited after 16 years on the run, will face genocide charges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague tomorrow.

“Mladic was the highest-ranking Bosnian Serb military leader during the wars in Bosnia,” said chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz.