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Ratko Mladic, Former Bosnian Serb General Serving Life Sentence for Genocide, Dies at UN Detention Centre

Al Jazeera EnglishAugust 27, 2026 at 01:26 PM1 views
Ratko Mladic, Former Bosnian Serb General Serving Life Sentence for Genocide, Dies at UN Detention Centre

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Former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic sits in the courtroom prior to the pronouncement of his appeal judgement at the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) in The Hague, Netherlands June 8, 2021 [Peter Dejong/Pool via Reuters].

Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic, who was serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity during the bloody 1992-95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has died in the United Nations detention centre in The Hague, a UN official has said. More to come.

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