{
  "id": 3737149,
  "title": "Ex-Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic dies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/ex-bosnian-serb-military-leader-ratko-mladic-dies",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T12:41:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0827/1589456-ratko-mladic/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ratko Mladic, a former Bosnian Serb military leader and notorious figure of the 1992-95 Bosnian War, has passed away at the age of 84 in a United Nations detention center in The Hague. The general, infamously known as the \"Butcher of Bosnia,\" had been serving a life sentence for his role in the genocide that occurred during the conflict. Mladic's death was confirmed by a UN official, who added that he had died in a prison hospital after experiencing multiple strokes.\n\nIn 2021, the United Nations tribunal in The Hague dismissed Mladic's appeal against his 2017 life sentence, which was handed down for his involvement in genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The tribunal's decision came after Mladic spent a decade evading capture before being apprehended in 2011. The general was the military commander of a brutal trio, with political leaders ex-Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic and former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic at the helm. It was under Mladic's command that the massacre of 8,000 men and boys at the UN-protected Srebrenica enclave took place, marking one of the darkest chapters in the Bosnian War and a horrific act of genocide.",
  "summary": "Ratko Mladic, who was serving a life sentence for genocide in the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, has died in the UN detention centre in The Hague, a UN official said.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Bosnian Serb convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic has died, Serbian TV reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/bosnian-serb-convicted-war-criminal-ratko-mladic-has-died-serbian-tv",
        "published": "2026-08-27T12:52:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "🔴 Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic convicted of genocide dies, state media says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/former-bosnian-serb-general-ratko-mladic-convicted-of-genocide-dies",
        "published": "2026-08-27T12:54:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic has died, UN official says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/bosnian-serb-general-ratko-mladic-has-died-un-official-says",
        "published": "2026-08-27T13:02:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Bosnian Serb commander and war criminal Ratko Mladic dies in prison",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/bosnian-serb-commander-and-war-criminal-ratko-mladic-dies-in-prison",
        "published": "2026-08-27T13:13:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić dies in Hague prison",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/convicted-bosnian-serb-war-criminal-ratko-mladic-dies-in-hague-prison",
        "published": "2026-08-27T13:16:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "El Pais",
        "title": "Muere Ratko Mladic, el ‘carnicero de Bosnia’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/muere-ratko-mladic-el-carnicero-de-bosnia",
        "published": "2026-08-27T13:21:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia, dies in prison at 84",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/ratko-mladic-ex-bosnian-serb-warlord-who-oversaw-atrocities-in-bosnia",
        "published": "2026-08-27T13:23:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "War criminal Ratko Mladic dead at 83",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/war-criminal-ratko-mladic-dead-at-83",
        "published": "2026-08-27T13:25:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladic dead",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/butcher-of-bosnia-ratko-mladic-dead",
        "published": "2026-08-27T13:29:52.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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