Serbia's police detain activist over war crimes protest

Serbian police keep activists from a mural of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic in Belgrade, Serbia, November 9, 2021. REUTERS/Zorana Jevtic.

BELGRADE (Reuters) - The Serbian police late on Tuesday briefly detained a local opposition activist after she threw eggs at a downtown Belgrade wall painting of Ratko Mladic, a convicted war criminal and the wartime commander of Bosnian Serbs.

A video posted on an Instagram profile showed plainclothes men who identified themselves as police officers, whisking away Aida Corovic, after she threw eggs at the wall painting depicting Mladic saluting and wearing his officer's cap.