NewzRatko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military commander during the 1992-1995 Bosnian civil war, has died at the age of 83 in the detention center in The Hague. He was serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
Widely known by the moniker the 'butcher of Bosnia' or the 'butcher of the Balkans,' Mladic was held responsible for major atrocities committed during the conflict. Most notably, his actions included the Srebrenica massacre, where approximately 8,000 people were killed.
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