# Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić dies aged 84

https://mins.news/en/item/34447

- BBC News, 2026-08-27 13:46 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ywxpryj95o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić has died at 84 in a UN prison in The Hague, a UN official confirmed. He received a life sentence in 2017 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the former Yugoslavia’s wars. His conviction was upheld in 2021 after he had spent years on the run before being captured in Serbia in 2011.

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