# Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies aged 84

https://mins.news/en/item/34503

- The Guardian, 2026-08-27 14:21 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/ratko-mladic-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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