{
  "id": 3770005,
  "title": "‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladic dies, says Serbian state media",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/butcher-of-bosnia-ratko-mladic-dies-says-serbian-state-media-3770005",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T15:03:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2026/08/27/butcher-of-bosnia-ratko-mladic-dies-says-serbian-state-media"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief known as the \"Butcher of Bosnia\" due to his involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died, according to Serbian state broadcaster RTS. He had been serving a life sentence in The Hague for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Mladic oversaw the Srebrenica slaughter, which is Europe's worst act of bloodshed since World War II, resulting in around 100,000 deaths and displacing 2.2 million people. The 1992-1995 war in the former Yugoslavia left a trail of destruction, with Mladic as the military face of a brutal trio led by ex-Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. Despite appeals for his release due to his failing health, the Hague tribunal rejected these calls.",
  "summary": "Ratko Mladic, who suffered several strokes in recent months, was serving a life sentence in The Hague for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity over the Srebrenica massacre.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladic dies in Hague prison hospital",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/butcher-of-bosnia-ratko-mladic-dies-in-hague-prison-hospital",
        "published": "2026-08-27T13:43:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Island Sri Lanka",
        "title": "Bosnian Serb convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic dies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/bosnian-serb-convicted-war-criminal-ratko-mladic-dies",
        "published": "2026-08-27T14:43:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladic dies, says Serbian state media",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/butcher-of-bosnia-ratko-mladic-dies-says-serbian-state-media",
        "published": "2026-08-27T15:03:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladic dead: Serbian state media",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/butcher-of-bosnia-ratko-mladic-dead-serbian-state-media",
        "published": "2026-08-27T15:17:58.000Z"
      }
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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."
}