Sarajevo siege survivors hope for closure with Mladic verdict

Zdravka Gvozdjar, mother of a murdered child, touches the monument for children killed during the siege of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina June 07, 2021. Picture is taken with a drone. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Survivors of the 43-month siege of Sarajevo are hoping for closure when Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic receives a final verdict on Tuesday in his appeal against conviction for genocide and war crimes during the 1990s.

In 2017, the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia jailed Mladic for life on charges including terrorizing Sarajevo's civilian population during the siege, and the genocide of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995. Final judgment in the case is due on Tuesday.