Milosevic's coffin displayed for second day

Slobodan Milosevic’s coffin was on display for a second day in Belgrade, Serbia, today as hundreds of his supporters continued to pay respects to their leader who died while on trial for genocide and war crimes.

Members of Milosevic’s Socialist Party – who were organising the funeral and burial arrangements after authorities officially refused a state funeral for the ex-president – kept a vigil overnight by his coffin, draped in a Serbian flag and covered with a wreath of red roses, the party’s symbol.

Yesterday, Milosevic’s body was brought from a morgue to a museum dedicated to the late communist dictator Josip Broz Tito in Belgrade’s plush Dedinje district. Thousands of die-hard supporters converged through the day, to pass by the casket in front of which a large, framed colour photograph of Milosevic was placed.