Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian War, has died. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Reuters.
Mladic commanded Bosnian Serb forces during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia. He was found guilty of orchestrating the killing of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men in Srebrenica in 1995. That event is considered the worst mass murder in Europe since World War II.
In 2017, the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague sentenced Mladic to life imprisonment for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. He was 74 years old.
Mladic was arrested in Serbia in 2011 and transferred to the tribunal. His case was a significant step in exposing war crimes in the Balkans.
Reuters reported his death, but additional details are currently limited. Mladic's death may provoke mixed reactions among relatives of war victims in Bosnia and historians.
This event recalls a dark period in Balkan history and raises again issues of international justice and accountability.