— The Serbian justice minister says Ratko Mladic is on plane on his way to The Hague.
Snezana Malovic says the process of extraditing Mladic to the UN war crimes tribunal “has started.”
Earlier Tuesday, judges rejected an appeal by Mladic seeking to stop his extradition to a U.N. tribunal, Serbia’s chief war crimes prosecutor said Tuesday, paving the way for his quick hand-over to face charges for the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II.
The former Bosnian Serb commander will be extradited to The Hague, Netherlands “as soon as possible,” Vladimir Vukcevic told The Associated Press. The Belgrade court made the decision just hours after it said it received the appeal in the mail arguing the 69-year-old is not mentally and physically fit to stand trial.
