Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies aged 84
Summary
Ratko Mladić, a Serbian general convicted of genocide during the Bosnian war, has died in prison in The Hague at age 84. He was found guilty of orchestrating the 1995 massacre of at least 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica, the worst killing in Europe since World War II.Key Facts
- Mladić was sentenced to life in prison in 2017 for genocide and war crimes during the 1990s Bosnian war.
- He played a major role in ethnic cleansing, aiming to remove non-Serbs from parts of Bosnia.
- The 1995 Srebrenica massacre killed thousands of Bosnian Muslim men and boys after Dutch UN forces withdrew.
- Mladić led the siege of Sarajevo, which resulted in about 10,000 deaths from constant attacks.
- He was arrested in Serbia in 2011 after 16 years on the run.
- The UN tribunal found Mladić, former Serbian president Slobodan Milošević, and Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadžić responsible for a plan to create a greater Serbia.
- Mladić denied the court’s authority and called the proceedings lies.
- He suffered strokes before his death in prison.
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