Ratko Mladic, the 'Butcher of Bosnia,' has died

WBUR

Published August 27, 2026 at 11:57 AM EDT

Ratko Mladic, the “Butcher of Bosnia,” has died at 84 while serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the Srebrenica massacre.

Tom Gjelten, a former NPR correspondent who covered the Bosnian war, reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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