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(27 Aug 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Rogatica, Bosnia - exact date not known
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1. General Ratko Mladic meeting with Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Vlasenica, Bosnia - 2 December 1995
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2. Mladic inspecting Drina corps
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Srebrenica, Bosnia - 11 July 1995
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3. Mladic in Srebrenica greeting members of army
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Srebrenica, Bosnia - 12 July 1995
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4. Various of Mladic and soldiers
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Belgrade, Serbia - 21 May 1996
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5. Close of Mladic
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Han Pijesak, Bosnia - 28 June 1996
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6. Zoom out of Mladic seated on stage during troop review ceremony
7. Various of Mladic speaking with and greeting troops
8. Various of Mladic posing for photos
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Zepa, Bosnia - 13 July 1995
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9. Mladic entering bus with Muslim refugees
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Cerska, near Srebrenica, Bosnia - 11 July 1996
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10. Mid of men digging
11. Close of skulls
12. Close of boots
13. Wide of skulls on grave site
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Han Pijesak - 28 June 1996
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14. Mladic greeting Mitropolit Nikolaj, then-head of the Orthodox Church
POOL
ARCHIVE: The Hague, Netherlands - 16 May 2012
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15. Various of court session and Mladic inside court during trial
VOICEOVER:
Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia in the 1990s, has died.
The U.N. tribunal for war crimes committed during the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s jailed Mladic for life in 2017.
He had been in custody since 2011 after many years on the run.
The ruthless, blue-eyed communist officer-turned nationalist warlord, was one of the most notorious figures of the conflict that left more than 100,000 people dead and over 1 million homeless.
When the ethnic war in Bosnia started in 1992, Mladic became the commander of the Bosnian Serb troops and took control of large swaths of the country to form a Serb mini-state.
Serbs under Mladic’s control laid siege to the capital, Sarajevo, and other cities and villages.
They established concentration camps for detained non-Serb civilians and enemy soldiers, and systematically killed prisoners.
In 1995, Mladic’s troops slaughtered more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica - the only post-World War II case of genocide in Europe.
But Mladic himself and his admirers among the Serbs have never repented.
He was seen by many as a patriot fighting for the first pan-Serbian state.
Defiant, Mladic acted bullishly during his trial and yelled at the judges when sentenced to life in prison.
STORYLINE:
Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia in the 1990s, has died in prison at age 84, the Serbian state RTS television and the official Bosnian Serb television reported.
The reports said that Mladic died in a U.N. prison hospital in The Hague, Netherlands.
A family member of Mladic, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, confirmed the reports for the AP and said Mladic’s son, Darko Mladic, was on the way to the Hague.
U.N. court officials told the AP in a statement that they could not immediately confirm Mladic’s death.
The U.N. tribunal for war crimes committed during the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s sentenced Mladic to life in prison in 2017 in what was considered a key step toward bringing justice to the victims.
He had been in custody since 2011 after many years on the run.
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(27 Aug 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Rogatica, Bosnia - exact date not known
++4:3++
1. General Ratko Mladic meeting with Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Vlasenica, Bosnia - 2 December 1995
++4:3++
2. Mladic inspecting Drina corps
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Srebrenica, Bosnia - 11 July 1995
++4:3++
3. Mladic in Srebrenica greeting members of army
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Srebrenica, Bosnia - 12 July 1995
++4:3++
4. Various of Mladic and soldiers
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Belgrade, Serbia - 21 May 1996
++4:3++
5. Close of Mladic
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Han Pijesak, Bosnia - 28 June 1996
++4:3++
6. Zoom out of Mladic seated on stage during troop review ceremony
7. Various of Mladic speaking with and greeting troops
8. Various of Mladic posing for photos
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Zepa, Bosnia - 13 July 1995
++NIGHT SHOT/4:3++
9. Mladic entering bus with Muslim refugees
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Cerska, near Srebrenica, Bosnia - 11 July 1996
++4:3++
10. Mid of men digging
11. Close of skulls
12. Close of boots
13. Wide of skulls on grave site
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Han Pijesak - 28 June 1996
++4:3++
14. Mladic greeting Mitropolit Nikolaj, then-head of the Orthodox Church
POOL
ARCHIVE: The Hague, Netherlands - 16 May 2012
++4:3++
15. Various of court session and Mladic inside court during trial
VOICEOVER:
Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia in the 1990s, has died.
The U.N. tribunal for war crimes committed during the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s jailed Mladic for life in 2017.
He had been in custody since 2011 after many years on the run.
The ruthless, blue-eyed communist officer-turned nationalist warlord, was one of the most notorious figures of the conflict that left more than 100,000 people dead and over 1 million homeless.
When the ethnic war in Bosnia started in 1992, Mladic became the commander of the Bosnian Serb troops and took control of large swaths of the country to form a Serb mini-state.
Serbs under Mladic’s control laid siege to the capital, Sarajevo, and other cities and villages.
They established concentration camps for detained non-Serb civilians and enemy soldiers, and systematically killed prisoners.
In 1995, Mladic’s troops slaughtered more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica - the only post-World War II case of genocide in Europe.
But Mladic himself and his admirers among the Serbs have never repented.
He was seen by many as a patriot fighting for the first pan-Serbian state.
Defiant, Mladic acted bullishly during his trial and yelled at the judges when sentenced to life in prison.
STORYLINE:
Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia in the 1990s, has died in prison at age 84, the Serbian state RTS television and the official Bosnian Serb television reported.
The reports said that Mladic died in a U.N. prison hospital in The Hague, Netherlands.
A family member of Mladic, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, confirmed the reports for the AP and said Mladic’s son, Darko Mladic, was on the way to the Hague.
U.N. court officials told the AP in a statement that they could not immediately confirm Mladic’s death.
The U.N. tribunal for war crimes committed during the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s sentenced Mladic to life in prison in 2017 in what was considered a key step toward bringing justice to the victims.
He had been in custody since 2011 after many years on the run.
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