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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 From the archive: Fourteen years a fugitive: the hunt for the Butcher of Bosnia Ratko Mladić will die in jail. But go to Bosnia: you’ll see that he won Ratko Mladić, the infamous Serbian general who was serving a life sentence for genocide committed during the Bosnian war, has died in prison in The Hague

By Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent
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The Guardian
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England / United Kingdom
Source published
27 Aug 2026, 16:12 UTC
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Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent
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Ratko Mladić
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Bosnian Serb commander responsible for Srebrenica massacre dies in prison while serving life sentence for genocide From the archive: Fourteen years a fugitive: the hunt for the Butcher of Bosnia Ratko Mladić will die in jail. But go to Bosnia: you’ll see that he won Ratko Mladić, the infamous Serbian general who was serving a life sentence for genocide committed during the Bosnian war, has died in prison in The Hague
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    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 From the archive: Fourteen years a fugitive: the hunt for the Butcher of Bosnia Ratko Mladić will die in jail. But go to Bosnia: you’ll see that he won Ratko Mladić, the infamous Serbian general who was serving a life sentence for genocide committed during the Bosnian war, has died in prison in The Hague

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    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 From the archive: Fourteen years a fugitive: the hunt for the Butcher of Bosnia Ratko Mladić will die in jail. But go to Bosnia: you’ll see that he won Ratko Mladić, the infamous Serbian general who was serving a life sentence for genocide committed during the Bosnian war, has died in prison in The Hague

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    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 From the archive: Fourteen years a fugitive: the hunt for the Butcher of Bosnia Ratko Mladić will die in jail. But go to Bosnia: you’ll see that he won Ratko Mladić, the infamous Serbian general who was serving a life sentence for genocide committed during the Bosnian war, has died in prison in The Hague

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    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 Ratko Mladić, the infamous Serbian general who was serving a life sentence for genocide committed during the Bosnian war, has died in prison in the Hague, a UN official and his lawyer confirmed. Mladić, 84, had been one of the main architects of the policy of ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian war. He w

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