Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Mladić dies aged 84

5m 5 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJaroslav LukivBBC News - WorldFiled 2026-08-27 · 13:46 GMTLean · CenterRead · 1 min

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Ratko Mladić, a convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal, has died at the age of 84 in a UN prison in The Hague. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017 for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian War (1992-1995). Mladić, known as the "Butcher of Bosnia," evaded capture for 16 years after the war, before being apprehended in Serbia in 2011. His life sentence was upheld on appeal in 2021. He had been receiving palliative care in the prison's hospital. Earlier this year, a UN court rejected his bid for release, acknowledging his poor health but ruling he was receiving adequate treatment.

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A UN court rejected Mladić's bid for release from jail in May.

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News of his death was first reported by Serbian media and later confirmed by a UN official.

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The sentence for Mladić, known as the "Butcher of Bosnia", was upheld on appeal in 2021.

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Mladić was jailed for life in 2017 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the wars in the former Yugoslavia in 1992-95.

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Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić died in a UN prison at The Hague aged 84.

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Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić has died in a UN prison at The Hague aged 84. He was jailed for life in 2017 for Genocide, War crimes and Crimes against humanity during the wars in the former Yugoslavia in 1992-95.After the Bosnian War, he went on the run for 16 years until he was finally tracked down in rural Serbia in 2011 and put on trial in the Dutch city.The sentence for the man known as the "Butcher of Bosnia" was upheld on appeal in 2021. He was being given palliative care in the hospital of the UN detention facility, where he died.News of his death was first reported by Serbian media and later confirmed by a UN official.ReutersRatko Mladić's troops committed "Ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990sIn May, a UN court at The Hague rejected a bid for his release from jail as he was nearing the end of his life. The judge agreed his situation was "dire" but ruled that he was receiving "comprehensive and compassionate treatment" in prison.

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