Ljubiša Savić

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Ljubiša Savić

Ljubisa Savic ( Serbian - Cyrillic Љубиша Савић * 11 August 1958 in Bijeljina , Yugoslavia , now Bosnia and Herzegovina ; † 7. June 2000 ibid), called Mauzer (Маузер), who was Bosnian Serb commander of the paramilitary Garda Panteri and a Internment camp during the Bosnian War , politicians and a suspected leading gang criminal and war criminal .

Life

Before the Bosnian War , Ljubiša Savić worked as a social worker in Bijeljina.

In the Bosnian War between 1992 and 1995, Savić commanded the paramilitary Garda Panteri , which was later integrated into the armed forces of the Republika Srpska as a special unit . In addition to other paramilitary Serb units such as the Serbian Volunteer Guard of Željko Ražnatović-Arkan , Savić was involved with his unit in the conquest of his hometown of Bijeljina. After the conquest, the Bijeljina massacre occurred , in which between 48 and 78 non-Serbian civilians were murdered. Savić's unit also broke the sieges of several smaller towns during the war.

Savić was the commandant of the Batković prison camp near Bijeljina, which was set up in June 1992 on a farm and in which around 1,200 to 1,700 non-Serbian prisoners of war and a third also civilians were imprisoned " for their own protection ". The prisoners were housed in poor conditions in the camp and the military and civilian prisoners were mistreated by Serbian soldiers, including death.

After the end of the war, Savić became police chief in Bijeljina. As he fought against corruption in the Republika Srpska and arrested some high-ranking government officials, including Karadžić sympathizers, his number of enemies grew steadily. Joja Tintor, a former adviser to Karadžić, was arrested by Savić in the spring of 1998, but his superiors ordered him to release Tintor immediately despite the burden of proof. He did so, but continued his anti-corruption efforts.

Since then, he has repeatedly been the victim of assassinations . In July 1998, he narrowly escaped death from a bomb placed under his car. In this attack, however, two of his former comrades died. Following the attempted arrest of Milovan Bjelica, a close friend of Savić, Srdjan Knežević, was shot dead in front of his home in Pale . Savić was also a member of the special police unit established after the attack. Shortly after the attack, he arrested seven suspects, among them again Karadžić sympathizers. However, on charges of torture, he was banned from any further police work and the suspects were released. As a result, Savić became more and more isolated and could only trust his former comrades of the Panteri brigade for his protection .

Savić is held responsible for war crimes against non-Serbs. According to the conviction of the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia , Savić in Bijeljina was a leading figure in the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) and the local part of a criminal organization (“joint criminal enterprise”). In order to promote a common criminal purpose, Savić is said to have used his men to deport Muslims from Bijeljina and to commit inhuman acts on them. After the war, his key role as a contact person in the Bijeljina ( police chief ) and Brčko regions saved him from being charged.

death

Savić was shot dead in his vehicle near a train station on June 7, 2000, between 8:30 pm and 8:50 pm, at the age of 42, when he stopped briefly to escort an elderly woman home. According to eyewitness reports, another vehicle suddenly appeared, from which Đorđe Ždrale, who had already been convicted of murder and was on unofficial clearance , opened fire with an automatic gun . Savić was hit by six of the thirteen bullets fired and died instantly. It is believed that he was a victim of organized gang crime .

His death was preceded by several months of constant observation and analysis of his way of life by Ždrale, who, together with two strangers, prepared the assassination attempt. He acquired weapons, ammunition, a vehicle, clothing, and two-way radios. He was not convicted until 2010 because his release was not recorded in the files and he therefore had an alibi. Therefore, a plot by the government with the aim of getting rid of the “uncomfortable” Savic cannot be ruled out. His death in an assassination attempt was seen by many as the result of conflict between Serbian political factions and criminal elements.

Savić was buried in his home village of Kovačići near Bijeljina with his family, friends and former comrades.

politics

Ljubiša Savić was one of the founding members of the Srpska Demokratska Stranka (SDS) in Bijeljina. In 1996 he left the SDS, whose chairman was Radovan Karadžić for a long time . Then he founded his own party called Demokratska stranka RS ; this took part in the party alliance Demokratski patriotski blok (DPB), which consisted of five parties, and in the election on September 14, 1996 with two members (including Savić himself) made it into the parliament of the Republika Srpska. In the summer of 1997 he also supported the anti-corruption campaign of the then President of the Republika Srpska Biljana Plavšić , who also resigned from the SDS.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Human Rights Watch (ed.): BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA UNFINISHED BUSINESS: THE RETURN OF REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS TO BIJELJINA . May 2000, p. 11–12 ( hrw.org [PDF]).
  2. ↑ Helsinki Watch (ed.): War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina . New York et al. 1993, ISBN 1-56432-097-9 , pp. 211-214 .
  3. ↑ United Nations. Human Rights Committee: Official Records of the Human Rights Committee . tape 1992–1993 , 1997, ISBN 978-92-1154190-8 , pp. 170 .
  4. ^ Human Rights Watch Staff: Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 . 1998, ISBN 978-1-56432-190-9 , pp. 251 .
  5. ↑ United Nations - International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991: PROSECUTOR v. MOMČILO KRAJIŠNIK: Public Judgment . March 17, 2009, vii. Lubisa (Mauzer) Savic, S. 99 f . ( icty.org [PDF]).
  6. ^ Adam Moore: Peacebuilding in Practice: Local Experience in Two Bosnian Towns . Cornell University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-8014-6955-8 , The Cultivation of Moderate Local Elites in Postwar Brčko, p. without .
  7. ↑ Biography for Đorđe Ždrale. In: reportingproject.net. Retrieved October 24, 2018 .
  8. ↑ United States: Country reports on human rights practices: report submitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, US House of Representatives and Committee on Foreign Relations, US Senate by the Department of State in accordance with sections 116 (d) and 502B (b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended . tape 1 . USGPO, 2002, p. 1333 .
  9. ↑ SRNA: Obilježeno 16 Godina od ubistva Ljubiše SAVICA Mauzera. In: eBrčko. June 7, 2016, accessed October 24, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Interview with Predrag Radić, presidential candidate of the DPB , Trabnsitions Online, June 29, 1996; List of Members of the RS Parliament, 2nd legislative period (October 19, 1996 to December 26, 1997)
personal data
SURNAME Savić, Ljubiša
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mauzer (battle name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bosnian-Serb paramilitary, politician and police chief
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Bijeljina , Yugoslavia , now Bosnia and Herzegovina
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 2000
Place of death Bijeljina , Yugoslavia , Bosnia and Herzegovina