Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb military leader convicted of genocide and war crimes, has died at the age of 84. He passed away in a hospital within the detention unit in The Hague, where he was serving a life sentence. Mladić was primarily known for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, where over 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were murdered. He was also held accountable for the prolonged siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War, resulting in thousands of civilian deaths. His conviction by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) marked a significant moment in international justice. The death closes a chapter on one of the most notorious figures from the Balkan conflicts, though the wounds of the war remain. He reportedly suffered multiple strokes prior to his death.