Mladic Sentenced to Life by UN Tribunal for Bosnia Genocide
- Hague war-crime court convicts Mladic for Srebrenica massacre
- Former military commander is removed from court after outburst
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The UN Hague tribunal sentenced Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military commander, to life in prison for genocide and other crimes, including the massacre of thousands of Muslim men and boys in Europe’s worst atrocity since World War II.
In its last major verdict before wrapping up its work punishing crimes committed during the Yugoslav wars, the court found that Mladic, 74, issued orders concerning operations around the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in July, 1995, where 8,000 Muslim men and boys were separated from women and children, murdered, and buried in mass graves.