# Ratko Mladic, former general convicted of Bosnia genocide, dies

https://mins.news/en/item/34415

- Reuters, 2026-08-27 13:10 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/bosnian-serb-general-ratko-mladic-convicted-genocide-has-died-un-official-says-2026-08-27/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a90373a0602a6000171eb0c

> Ratko Mladic, the former general convicted of genocide for orchestrating the 1995 massacre of at least 8,000 Muslims in a U.N.-designated safe area of Bosnia, has died, a U.N. official said Thursday. The atrocity was described as Europe’s worst since World War Two.

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