Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Mladić dies aged 84
He was jailed for life in 2017 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the wars in the ex-Yugoslavia in 1992-95.
Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić has passed away at the age of 84 while incarcerated at the UN detention facility in The Hague. Mladić was convicted in 2017 for committing genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity during the Yugoslav wars of 1992-95. After the conflict, he went into hiding for 16 years before being apprehended in rural Serbia in 2011 and subsequently put on trial in the Netherlands.
The verdict for the notorious figure, known as the "Butcher of Bosnia," was confirmed on appeal in 2021. He was receiving palliative care at the time of his death. Serbian media broke the news, which was later confirmed by a UN official. In May, a UN court in The Hague denied his release from prison due to his advanced age, stating that he was receiving comprehensive and compassionate treatment in jail.
Mladić oversaw Bosnian Serb forces during the conflict and was responsible for ethnic cleansing, the siege of Sarajevo, and the Srebrenica massacre.
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