WorldRatko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies aged 84

Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb commander convicted of genocide and war crimes, has died in a Hague prison at 84 while serving a life sentence. He was found responsible for orchestrating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in which at least 8,000 Muslims were killed, and was a central figure in the ethnic-cleansing campaign during the Bosnian war.

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TThe Guardian★★★☆☆2026-08-27 14:21Original