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Ratko Mladic, the 'Butcher of Bosnia' convicted of genocide, is dead at 84

NPR | By Tom Gjelten
Published August 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT

The "Butcher of Bosnia" is dead — Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb commander convicted of genocide, has died at 84 while serving a life sentence in The Hague.

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