politics
Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies aged 84
Bosnian Serb commander responsible for Srebrenica massacre dies in prison while serving life sentence for genocide
TL;DR
- Ratko Mladić, a Serbian general convicted of genocide during the Bosnian War, has died in prison at age 84.
- He was a key figure in the "ethnic cleansing" policy and orchestrated the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, the worst in Europe since WWII.
- Mladić, nicknamed the "Butcher of Bosnia," was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017 and had been in ill health.
- He commanded troops involved in the siege of Sarajevo and aimed for the forcible expulsion of non-Serbs to create a greater Serbia.
- Mladić was arrested in 2011 after 16 years on the run and famously denied the court's legitimacy.