The Fall of the Butcher of Bosnia | US News

The “Butcher of Bosnia” Ratko Mladic, convicted for orchestrating the 1995 Srebrenica genocide that killed over 8,000 Muslim men and boys, has died. His brutal campaign, including a three-year siege of Sarajevo that claimed 10,000 lives, was part of a broader ethnic cleansing effort to build a Greater Serbia. Alongside Milosevic and Karadzic, he was found guilty of a conspiracy to annihilate Bosnian Muslims. Known for defiantly rejecting justice during sentencing, Mladic lived in hiding until his arrest in 2011, when he was frail and stroke-ridden. Despite repeated appeals for medical release — even as a UN doctor warned his death could come at any moment — his pleas were denied, with courts insisting his conviction remained vital to justice. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/47197e4a060f44b1