'Butcher of Bosnia' Mladic suffers stroke
Sarajevo, April 17 -- Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic, 83, serving a life sentence in The Hague, reportedly suffered a minor stroke and is in declining health, his son told Bosnian Serb public television Wednesday. Mladic was sentenced by a UN tribunal to life imprisonment in 2017 over genocide and war crimes during Bosnia's 1990s war.
Bosnian Serb wartime military commander, known as the "Butcher of Bosnia", was found guilty notably for his role in the siege of Sarajevo and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys, deemed genocide by international justice.
On Wednesday, his son Darko Mladic told RTRS television that he had received initial information on his father's health on Friday, when contacted by an UN-authorised doctor.
"She briefly explained that they believe it was a silent (minor) stroke, that he had been taken to a civilian hospital, and returned (to prison) after scans and examinations," he said.
According to Darko Mladic, his father condition is worsening on daily basis. "The situation is very serious." The family is still awaiting the medical documentation from The Hague so that Serbian doctors can review what happened, he said....
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