War criminal Ratko Mladic dies

Former Serbian general Ratko Mladic, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for genocide, crimes against humanity, and violations of the laws of war, has died in the United Nations (UN) prison in The Hague, Netherlands, where he was serving his sentence. The death of the 84-year-old Mladic, who had been receiving treatment in the prison hospital for some time due to health issues, was announced by UN officials.

Mladic, who was the military leader of the Bosnian Serbs during the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995 and known to the public as the 'Butcher of Bosnia', was tried as the main responsible for the Srebrenica Genocide in July 1995, where more than 8,000 Bosniak civilians were massacred, and the Siege of Sarajevo, where more than 10,000 people lost their lives. After the war, Mladic lived as a fugitive for 16 years and was captured in Serbia on May 26, 2011, and extradited to The Hague. His life sentence was finalized in 2021 when his appeal was rejected.