Ratko Mladic, Convicted Bosnian Serb General, Dies at 84
August 27, 2026 – Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military commander convicted of genocide for atrocities committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, has died in a United Nations prison hospital at The Hague. He was 84 years old. The UN tribunal in The Hague confirmed his death on Thursday, August 27, 2026.[reference:2] Serbian state [...] The post Ratko Mladic, Convicted Bosnian Serb…
Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military commander convicted of genocide during the Bosnian war, has died at the age of 84 in a United Nations prison hospital in The Hague. His death was confirmed by the UN tribunal on Thursday, August 27, 2026. Mladic had been serving a life sentence since 2017 after being found guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
The tribunal had determined that Mladic orchestrated the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, where over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, and was also responsible for the siege of Sarajevo that left more than 10,000 civilians dead.
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