NEW : Alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic gestures an apparent threat to victims in court . NEW : Prosecutors accuse him of setting out to drive people from their homes . The ex - general faces 11 counts of genocide , war crimes and crimes against humanity . He was extradited for trial in the Netherlands . Nearly 500 Muslim men and boys were slaughtered in Srebrenica .
NEW : Alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic gestures an apparent threat to victims in court . NEW : Prosecutors accuse him of setting out to drive people from their homes . The ex - general faces 11 counts of genocide , war crimes and crimes against humanity . Nearly 500 Muslim men and boys were slaughtered in Srebrenica .