Ratko Mladic, known as the “Butcher of Bosnia” for his role in the Srebrenica massacre, died in UN custody at the age of 84.

Wartime commander was serving life sentence for Srebrenica massacre and siege of Sarajevo; reports say he died in a UN prison hospital in The Hague

Mladic oversaw the killing of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys in a UN-designated “safe area” in Srebenica in 1995.