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'Butcher of Bosnia', who was behind killings of 8,000 Muslims, dies

short by Ankush Verma / on Thursday, 27 August, 2026
Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, who was serving a life sentence for war crimes committed during Bosnia's 1992-95 war, has died aged 84 in a prison hospital in the Hague. Mladic was held responsible for his role in the 1992 to 1995 war in Bosnia, including July 1995 massacre of around 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica.
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