# Timeline: The life of Ratko Mladic, general turned ‘Butcher of Bosnia’

https://mins.news/en/item/36133

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-28 19:58 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/28/timeline-life-of-ratko-mladic-general-turned-butcher-of-bosnia?traffic_source=rss

> Ratko Mladic died at 84 in a Hague prison after Serbian authorities failed to secure his early release to Serbia. The convicted war criminal was serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity over his role in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide and other crimes during the Bosnian war.

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