Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia, has died at 84
Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general convicted of war crimes and genocide during the 1990s Yugoslav wars, has died in a U.N. prison hospital at age 84. Mladic was serving a life sentence for his role in atrocities, including the siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre.
Why it matters
Mladic's death marks the end of a significant chapter in international justice regarding the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s.
BELGRADE, Serbia — Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia in the 1990s, has died in prison at age 84, the Serbian state RTS television and the official Bosnian Serb television reported.
The reports said that Mladic died in a U.N. prison hospital in The Hague, Netherlands. A family member of Mladic, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, confirmed the reports for the AP and said Mladic's son, Darko Mladic, was on the way to the Hague.
U.N. court officials told the AP in a statement that they could not immediately confirm Mladic's death.
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