Red Star fans unveil tifo of war criminal Mladic before derby
Summary
Red Star Belgrade football fans showed a large banner (called a tifo) of Ratko Mladic, a man convicted of serious war crimes, before their match against Partizan Belgrade. Mladic was sentenced for genocide and other crimes during the wars in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, including the killing of 8,000 men and boys at Srebrenica.Key Facts
- Ratko Mladic was convicted of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in 2017.
- He died in a United Nations prison in August 2024.
- Mladic led attacks during the wars in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995.
- The massacre he oversaw at Srebrenica involved the killing of around 8,000 males.
- Red Star fans displayed a tifo of Mladic before a football game against their rivals, Partizan Belgrade.
- Red Star was fined about 90,000 euros by UEFA earlier this season for displaying a banner honoring Mladic.
- Videos of the tifo and a minute’s silence for Mladic were shared on Red Star’s social media.
- Thousands attended a public memorial and funeral for Mladic in Belgrade.
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