Obituary: Ratko Mladic, war criminal convicted of Srebrenica genocide, dies

Ratko Mladic, a war criminal convicted over the first genocide on European soil since the second world war, has died prison in The Hague at the age of 84.Earlier this year, Serbia requested that Mladic be allowed to receive medical treatment outside prison, saying his health condition was “serious” and that he “required serious medical treatment”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘We can relate’: Bosnia fans bring passion, Palestine support, to World Cuplist 2 of 4Bosnia’s war, 30 years on: How did the atrocities happen?list 3 of 4How Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic sees the worldlist 4 of 4Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic diesend of listThe United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals said that Mladic was receiving adequate medical care while in detention.Known as the “Butcher of Bosnia”, Mladic was one of the best-known and most notorious military commanders of the wars that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia.International courts convicted him of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during the 1992–1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was sentenced to life in prisonThe most notorious part of his cri...