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Serbian paramilitary unit
Military unit
The
Serbian Guard
(
Serbian
:
Српска гарда
/
Srpska garda
) was a
Serbian
paramilitary
active in the
Croatian War
with close ties to the
Serbian Renewal Movement
(SPO). Eighty percent of the guard's members were members of the SPO.
[1]
The paramilitary was formed by SPO official
Vuk Dra?kovi?
and his wife
Danica Dra?kovi?
, along with
đorđe Bo?ovi? "Gi?ka"
and Branislav Mati? "Beli".
[2]
The paramilitary unit's training camp was located near
Bor Lake
in
SR Serbia
,
SFR Yugoslavia
.
[2]
It participated in clashes on the territory of
SR Croatia
near the town of
Gospi?
.
[3]
Elements of the unit also participated in the
Bosnian War
.
[4]
đorđe Bo?ovi? was the unit's first commander, but was killed in action near Gospi?.
[5]
Some people have alleged that Bo?ovi?'s death was an act of "friendly fire" orchestrated by the
Republic of Serbian Krajina
's government.
[6]
The unit's chief financier Branislav Mati? was gunned down on 4 August 1991 in
Belgrade
.
[7]
After the death of Bo?ovi?, the unit was taken over by Branislav Lainovi? "Dugi" (The "Long").
Serbian general
Neboj?a Pavkovi?
has called for Dra?kovi? to be tried for his role in the guard's formation.
[8]
Having a pro-opposition political stance, the guard was never favoured by the FRY's government and Yugoslav security services.
Notable members
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- đorđe Bo?ovi? "Gi?ka", Serbian career criminal and the founding father of the Guard,
killed in action
during the Croatian War.
- Branislav Mati? "Beli" ("The White" or "Whitey"),
founding father
and chief financier, owner of large car junkyards in Belgrade. Gunned down in front of his house in 1991, presumably under the orders of the
Yugoslav secret service
who had been monitoring him since late 1980s.
- Branislav Lainovi? "Dugi", career criminal and former basketball player. Took control over the Guard after Bo?ovi?'s death. He moved to
Novi Sad
after the war where he became the kingpin of a local crime syndicate. He was gunned down in Belgrade in 2000 by the members of the
Zemun Clan
over Novi Sad turf control.
- Aleksandar Kne?evi? "Knele", rising star of Belgrade underworld, and the
underboss
in the Vo?dovac gang. Assassinated in
Hyatt
hotel room in 1992, being only 21 at the time. Fought in the
Battle of Borovo Selo
.
- Vaso Pavi?evi? "Pava",
Montenegrin Serb
capo
and former boxer of "Radni?ki" boxing club. Gunned down in an ambush on
Pa?trovska Gora
in 1996. He commanded the troops in
Tenja
in 1991.
- ?arko Radulovi? "đaro",
Montenegrin Serb
career criminal. Gunned down in
Brussels
in 1997.
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