Serbian Guard
The Serbian Guard ( Serbian Српсқа гарда Srpska garda ) was a Serbian paramilitary unit that was deployed in Croatia during the Croatian War and was closely associated with the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO). About 80 percent of the relatives were also members of the SPO. This paramilitary unit was founded by SPO politician Vuk Drašković and his wife Danica Drašković together with Đorđe Božović "Giška" and Branislav Matić "Beli".
The training center was located near Bor in eastern Serbia . The paramilitary unit took part in the attacks against Croatian areas near the town of Gospić . Parts of the units also fought in the Bosnian War . Đorđe Božović was the first commander of the unit and fell in a battle near Gospić. According to some statements, Božović was killed by friendly fire by troops of the Republic of Serbian Krajina . The leader and financier Branislav Matić was shot dead in Belgrade in August 1991 .
The Serbian general Nebojša Pavković pointed out the role of Drašković in the establishment of the Serbian Guard.
literature
- Arno Weckbecker, Frank Hoffmeister: The development of the political parties in the former Yugoslavia . Ed .: Südost-Institut. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 978-3-486-56336-8 , p. 48 ( google.de ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Umrli zajedno s Giškom (They died along with Giska) . Glas javnosti, December 9, 1999
- ↑ a b Srpska garda, partijska vojska SPO (The Serbian Guard, Party Army of the SPO) ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Danas , May 11, 2004
- ↑ Serbia 'Inadequate Opposition ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ crime: smrt Branka Lainovića (Criminal: The Death of Branko Lainović) . Vreme 481, March 25, 2000
- ↑ Belgrade underground . Vreme 281, February 22, 1997
- ↑ Giska i gardisti Zalud izginuli (Giska and the guardsmen died for nothing) . Glas javnosti, August 1, 1999
- ↑ Target of Unknown Assassins . Naša Borba, April 20, 1997
- ^ Pavković: Vuka u Hag! (Pavković: Vuk to The Hague!) . Kurir, April 19, 2004
