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  "id": 3742738,
  "title": "'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladic dead",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/butcher-of-bosnia-ratko-mladic-dead",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T13:29:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2026/08/1520173/butcher-bosnia-ratko-mladic-dead"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief known as the Butcher of Bosnia, has died, according to Serbian state broadcaster RTS on Thursday. Mladic, who had endured multiple strokes in recent months, was incarcerated in The Hague for the Srebrenica massacre, widely considered Europe's worst act of violence since World War II. Serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, Mladic oversaw the slaughter of 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, a UN-protected enclave. Despite his failing health, calls for his release from Serbian officials and Mladic's family were denied by the Hague tribunal. Alongside ex-Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, Mladic represented a brutal trio as the former Yugoslavia plunged into chaos following the collapse of communism. The 1992-1995 war resulted in approximately 100,000 deaths and displaced 2.2 million individuals.",
  "summary": "BELGRADE: Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief dubbed the “Butcher of Bosnia” for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died, Serbian state broadcaster RTS reported on Thursday.",
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      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Ex-Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic dies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/ex-bosnian-serb-military-leader-ratko-mladic-dies",
        "published": "2026-08-27T12:41:18.000Z"
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        "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"
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        "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"
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      {
        "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"
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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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