# ‘The butcher may be gone, but to many he is a hero’: Victims condemn glorification of Mladić

https://mins.news/en/item/36418

- The Guardian, 2026-08-29 04:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/29/bosnia-reaction-death-ratko-mladic

> Ratko Mladić, the architect of the Srebrenica genocide and commander of Bosnian Serb forces, has died in prison. Survivors say his atrocities and ideology still divide the Balkans, while Serbia plans to bury him with military and state honours and many Serbs continue to regard him as a hero.

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