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Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ 84

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<https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/27/europe/ratko-mladic-bosnian-serb-dead-intl>

Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian-Serb general who orchestrated the Srebrenica
massacre and the siege of Sarajevo during the Balkan wars, has died in
prison aged 84.

Known as the “Butcher of Bosnia,” Mladić was convicted in 2017 by
the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for
masterminding a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Bosnia’s non-Serb
population in the early 1990s.

The UN-established court found him guilty of genocide, crimes against
humanity, persecution, extermination, murder, terror, unlawful attacks
on civilians and hostage-taking.

At the time of Mladić’s indictment, ICTY Judge Fouad Riad described
the actions the former general oversaw as “unimaginable savagery.”

Mladić died while serving a life sentence at the UN Detention Unit in
The Hague, his lawyer Dragan Ivetić told CNN. He spent just over 15
years in prison.

Following his conviction, Mladić made multiple appeals and requests for
release on medical grounds. The last of these was filed by his lawyers
just last week.

They asked for an early release on humanitarian grounds, quoting the
detention unit’s doctors as saying that his “overall condition has
rapidly declined” and warning that his death “may occur at any
time.” The request was denied. 

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Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ 84 "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-27 18:16 +0200
  Re: Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ 84 Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-08-28 02:23 +0000

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