Ratko Mladic, architect of Srebrenica genocide and ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies aged 84

Ratko Mladic, architect of Srebrenica genocide and ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies aged 84 Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 08/27/2026 - 14:37 The convicted war criminal led the Srebrenica genocide and terrorised Sarajevo during its years-long siege in the 1990s In this photograph taken in Belgrade on 9 December 2017, a Serbian nationalist holds a flag with an image of Bosnian Serb convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic (AFP/Oliver Bunic) Off The former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic, who led the genocide of Bosnian Musl