Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, dies in prison at 84 PBS News Hour - The Latest By: Associated Press 27 August 2026 at 19:59 The bullish Bosnian Serb general whose forces rained shells and snipers' bullets on Sarajevo and carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II has died while serving a life sentence for his crimes, U.N. officials said.