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Ratko Mladić, Bosnian Serb war crimes warlord general, dies at 84
Fox News • • world
Key Points:
- Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb general responsible for wartime atrocities during the Yugoslav wars, has died at age 84 in a hospital in The Hague, Netherlands.
- Mladić, known as the "Butcher of Bosnia," was in custody since 2011 and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017 for war crimes, including the Srebrenica massacre.
- He led Bosnian Serb forces that besieged Sarajevo, detained non-Serb civilians in concentration camps, and systematically slaughtered prisoners, resulting in over 100,000 deaths and displacing more than a million people.
- Despite his conviction, Mladić showed no remorse during his trial and was known for his defiant behavior in court.
- The Srebrenica massacre, where up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed after Mladić's forces seized a supposed safe zone, remains one of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II.
