Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić dies at 84
Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb commander convicted of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, has died at 84 in a United Nations prison hospital. He was serving a life sentence for atrocities during the 1992-95 Bosnian war, including the Srebrenica massacre of about 8,000 Muslim men and boys.
Why it matters
His death closes the life of a principal architect of the Bosnian war’s atrocities.
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Part of the August 27, 2026 brief.