Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Mladić dies aged 84
He was jailed for life in 2017 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the wars in the ex-Yugoslavia in 1992-95.
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- First observed by CurrentWire: NPR · Aug 27, 2026 at 9:32 AM ET
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BBC NewsTier A
Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Mladić dies aged 84(opens original report in a new tab)PBS NewsHourTier A
Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, dies in prison at 84(opens original report in a new tab)The bullish Bosnian Serb general whose forces rained shells and snipers' bullets on Sarajevo and carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II has died while serving a life sentence for his crimes, U.N.… — PBS NewsHour
CBC NewsTier A
Ratko Mladic, war criminal and former Bosnian Serb military leader, dead(opens original report in a new tab)Ratko Mladic, convicted of genocide for orchestrating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of at least 8,000 Muslims in Europe's worst atrocity since the Second World War, has died. — CBC News
NPRTier A
Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, has died at 84(opens original report in a new tab)Ratko Mladic was one of the most notorious figures of a war that killed over 100,000 people in the 1990s. He commanded his troops to "scorch the brains" of the Bosnian Muslims and boasted of being a "Serbian God." — NPR
Al JazeeraTier B
Obituary: Ratko Mladic, war criminal convicted of Srebrenica genocide, dies(opens original report in a new tab)Ratko Mladic a Bosnian Serb war criminal, has died in prison aged 84. — Al Jazeera
Al JazeeraTier B
Ratko Mladic, ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies aged 84(opens original report in a new tab)Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general known as the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, has died. — Al Jazeera
France 24Tier B
Ratko Mladic, former general convicted of Bosnia genocide, dies(opens original report in a new tab)Ratko Mladic, convicted of genocide for orchestrating the 1995 massacre of at least 8,000 Muslims in a U.N.-designated "safe area" of Bosnia, Europe's worst atrocity since World War Two, died on Thursday in U.N.… — France 24
ABC NewsTier B
Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, dies in prison at 84(opens original report in a new tab)Ratko Mladic, the notorious Bosnian Serb general, has died at 84 while serving a life sentence for war crimes — ABC News
CBS NewsTier B
Ratko Mladic, so-called "Butcher of Bosnia," dies in prison at 84(opens original report in a new tab)The Bosnian Serb general oversaw atrocities in Bosnia in the 1990s. He was sentenced to life in prison in 2017. — CBS News
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