Ratko Mladic, former general convicted of Bosnia genocide, dies in prison at 83
Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died in prison at age 83. Mladić had been serving a life sentence following his 2017 conviction by a UN tribunal.
Why it matters
Mladić's death marks the end of a significant chapter in the pursuit of justice for the atrocities committed during the Bosnian War, which remains a pivotal event in modern European history.
Ratko Mladić seen in Sarajevo, Bosnia in 1993. ( Reuters: Chris Helgren )
Bosnian Serb former general and convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić has died in prison at the age of 83.
Known as "the Butcher of Bosnia", Mladić rose to power after Yugoslavia's disintegration in 1991 as the commander of the Bosnian Serb army.
Mladić was convicted of genocide in 2016 for orchestrating the 1995 massacre of at least 8,000 Muslims in a UN-designated "safe area" of Bosnia.
Link copied Share Share article Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladić, who was was serving a life sentence for his role in the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, has died, a United Nations official has said.
The octogenarian former general, nicknamed "the Butcher of Bosnia", had been in ill health in the last few years and was hospitalised repeatedly. He had been in a UN detention centre since his arrest in 2011.
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