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Ex-Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic dead at 84
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Ex-Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic dead at 84 August 27, 2026Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, who was serving a life sentence for war crimes committed during Bosnia's 1992-95 war, the United Nations said. Serbian state broadcaster RTS reported on Thursday that he died in a prison hospital in the Hague, after suffering several strokes. The International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted Mladic of charges including crimes against humanity and genocide in...
Ex-Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic dead at 84
August 27, 2026Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, who was serving a life sentence for war crimes committed during Bosnia's 1992-95 war, the United Nations said.
Serbian state broadcaster RTS reported on Thursday that he died in a prison hospital in the Hague, after suffering several strokes.
The International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted Mladic of charges including crimes against humanity and genocide in 2017, handing him a life sentence. The verdict was confirmed on appeal in 2021.
'The butcher of Bosnia'
Mladic was held responsible for his role in the 1992 to 1995 war in Bosnia, including July 1995 massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Screbrenica.
The slaughter, the worst single atrocity in Europe since World War II, saw him named the "Butcher of Bosnia."
Former UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein described him as "the epitome of evil" after his conviction.
"This is all lies, you are all liars," he shouted when he was sentenced to life in prison.
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