A key figure in the Bosnian war has died in prison while serving a life sentence for his role in one of Europe’s worst atrocities since World War II. The former Bosnian Serb commander was convicted of orchestrating the 1995 massacre of thousands of Muslims in the UN-protected zone of Srebrenica, a crime recognized as genocide. Once a fugitive for over a decade, he was captured after an international manhunt and later sentenced for his involvement in ethnic cleansing during the conflict. His death marks the end of a long legal battle over his responsibility for one of the 20th century’s most brutal war crimes.
Bosnian Serb commander responsible for Srebrenica massacre dies in prison while serving life sentence for genocideFrom the archive: Fourteen years a fugitive: the hunt for the Butcher of Bosnia Ratko Mladić will die in jail. But go to Bosnia: you’ll see that he wonRatko Mladić, the infamous Serbian general who was serving a life sentence for genocide committed during the Bosnian war, has died in prison in The Hague.Mladić, 84, had been one of the main architects of the policy of ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian war. He was convicted of genocide for orchestrating the 1995 killing of at least 8,000 Muslims in the UN-designated “safe area” Srebrenica, the worst massacre in Europe since the second world war. Continue reading...
