Ratko Mladic, Former Bosnian Serb General, Dies at 83
· World · New York Times, France 24, Reuters
Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb military leader convicted of genocide and war crimes during the 1990s Balkan wars, has died at age 83. He served as the commander of the Bosnian Serb army and was central to the siege of Sarajevo and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, where approximately 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed. Following years as a fugitive, he was captured in 2011 and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment by a UN tribunal in The Hague. The court found him guilty of orchestrating a campaign of ethnic cleansing and terror throughout the conflict. His death marks the end of a legal saga that lasted decades for victims of the Bosnian conflict.
Why it matters
Mladic's death closes a significant chapter in international justice regarding the deadliest massacre on European soil since World War II. His conviction remains a cornerstone for the legal recognition of war crimes committed during the collapse of Yugoslavia.
Read the original report — New York Times
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