# The monstrous crimes of Ratko Mladic, the 'Butcher of Bosnia'

https://mins.news/en/item/34493

- BBC News, 2026-08-27 13:48 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2q05wzlx5xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Ratko Mladić, who has died aged 84, commanded the Bosnian Serb army during Yugoslavia’s breakup and oversaw a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing. He led the 1,425-day siege of Sarajevo, while the fall of Srebrenica saw about 8,000 men and boys taken to unmarked graves. He and Radovan Karadžić were responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity.

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