Mladic could be extradited in 24 hours

A member of the Serbian gendarmerie looks out from a car driven in the Special Court, where Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic is being held, in Belgrade yesterday.

Serbia may send former Bosnia Serb military leader Ratko Mladic to face genocide charges in The Hague within the next 24 hours, a justice official said today.

“It will happen within the next 24 hours, as soon as the appeal arrives to the court and that is expected today,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

He declined to give more details of the extradition plans.