Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, who was serving a life sentence for war crimes committed during Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 1992-95 war has died, a United Nations official said.
Serbian state broadcaster RTS reported on Thursday that he died in a prison hospital in the Hague, after suffering several strokes.
The International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted Mladic of charges including crimes against humanity and genocide in 2017, handing him a life sentence. The verdict was confirmed on appeal in 2021.
00:00 Ratko Mladic, the "Butcher of Bosnia," dies
01:23 Siege of Sarajevo and ethnic cleansing campaign
02:07 Srebrenica massacre and genocide
03:16 NATO intervention, arrest and war crimes conviction
04:25 Foreign policy analyst Edward Joseph joins the discussion
05:57 Eyewitness account: Facing Mladic during Srebrenica
08:06 What Mladic’s unrepentant death means for survivors
09:49 Lessons from international war crimes justice
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