Bosnian Serb War Criminal Ratko Mladić Dies Serving Life Sentence

Ratko Mladić, known as the 'Butcher of Bosnia' and convicted for the Srebrenica genocide, died on August 29, 2026, while serving a life sentence.

Mladić was found guilty of orchestrating the 1995 massacre of over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys, a defining atrocity of the Bosnian War.

Serbian state media confirmed the death, with officials announcing plans for a burial with high honors, sparking international condemnation.