Milosevic brought back to Serbia for burial

BELGRADE – The body of Slobodan Milosevic arrived in Serbia on Wednesday for private burial in the grounds of his provincial home, instead of the high-profile funeral sought by his dwindling band of supporters.

He came home almost five years after being extradited by the reformists who toppled him. The vicious Balkan wars he presided over in the 1990s led him finally to The Hague, where he died a few months before a verdict was due in his war crimes trial.There was no special flight.A Yugoslav airlines plane brought Milosevic’s remains from Amsterdam, landing at Belgrade airport, among snow-covered fields, just outside the city.His coffin, draped in the Serbian flag, was kissed by officials of his Socialist Party, then covered with a wreath of red roses.No government officials were present.A few hundred mourners outside the airport placed wreaths on the hearse as it drove past and sobbing women threw roses.Crowds lined highway overpasses for a glimpse of the convoy.- Nampa-ReutersThe vicious Balkan wars he presided over in the 1990s led him finally to The Hague, where he died a few months before a verdict was due in his war crimes trial.There was no special flight.A Yugoslav airlines plane brought Milosevic’s remains from Amsterdam, landing at Belgrade airport, among snow-covered fields, just outside the city.His coffin, draped in the Serbian flag, was kissed by officials of his Socialist Party, then covered with a wreath of red roses.No government officials were present.A few hundred mourners outside the airport placed wreaths on the hearse as it drove past and sobbing women threw roses.Crowds lined highway overpasses for a glimpse of the convoy. – Nampa-Reuters