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Bosnian Serb War Criminal Ratko Mladic Dead
The former Bosnian Serb commander died after several strokes, with Serbian officials and his family having failed to win his release from prison on health grounds.
- Ratko Mladic died on Thursday, August 27, 2026, in United Nations custody at the prison hospital in The Hague at age 84, his lawyer Dragan Ivetic confirmed.
- Mladic oversaw the Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst atrocity since World War Two, and directed the years-long siege of Sarajevo, leading the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to sentence him to life for genocide.
- The trial lasted 523 days with nearly 600 witnesses testifying, while U.N. doctors in August 2026 found his death "may occur at any time," prompting the ICTY to reject repeated appeals for his release.
- Srebrenica survivor Hava Suljic said she was "delighted to know there is one less war criminal walking around," while former Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik claimed the news "hit hard" for the Republika Srpska.
- The Mothers of Srebrenica victims' association stated his name would always "symbolise genocide," as Mladic's "ethnic cleansing" campaign displaced 2.2 million people during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war.
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