{"id":6125,"date":"2011-12-15T00:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T22:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/12\/killer-of-serbias-arkan-held-in-s-africa-report\/"},"modified":"2011-12-15T00:19:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T22:19:00","slug":"killer-of-serbias-arkan-held-in-s-africa-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/killer-of-serbias-arkan-held-in-s-africa-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer of Serbia’s Arkan held in S.Africa-report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JOHANNESBURG<\/span> Dec 14 (Reuters) – The fugitive killer
\nof the Serbian warlord known as Arkan has been arrested in South
\nAfrica and will appear in court next month on drug charges, the
\nNew Age newspaper reported on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dobrosav Gavric was sentenced in 2006 to 30 years
\nimprisonment for killing Zeljko “Arkan” Raznatovic, Serbia’s
\nmost infamous wartime paramilitary leader and mafia boss, but
\nhas been on the run since.<\/p>\n

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The New Age said Gavric’s identity came to light during a
\npolice investigation into the killing in March of a Cape Town
\nman linked to organised crime.<\/p>\n

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South African police did not reply to questions about the
\nGavric case sent by email.<\/p>\n

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Gavric’s fingerprints have been sent to Interpol for
\nverification and the newspaper said Serbia is expected to
\nrequest his extradition to serve his sentence. Serbian Justice
\nMinistry officials were not available for comment.<\/p>\n

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If police had not discovered cocaine in Gavric’s pocket
\nafter they stopped his car following the shooting, in which he
\nwas wounded, his identity would not have been revealed, the New
\nAge said. Gavric has been charged with drug possession.<\/p>\n

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Arkan, who was indicted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal for
\natrocities during the 1992-95 Bosnia war, was shot dead in the
\nlobby of Belgrade’s Intercontinental Hotel on Jan. 15, 2000.<\/p>\n

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Arkan’s “Tigers” were the most feared of Serb paramilitary
\ngroups operating in Bosnia during the war.<\/p>\n

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Gavric and his associate Milan Djuricic were arrested in
\n2001 and sentenced in October 2006 to 30 and 35 years in jail
\nrespectively for killing and plotting to kill Arkan.<\/p>\n

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Both have been on the run since their sentencing. Police
\nsources at the time said they had initially fled to Bosnia.<\/p>\n

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The trial proved Gavric fired shots that killed Arkan and
\ntwo of his friends. Gavric was wounded in the ensuing shootout
\nand was using a wheelchair and crutches during the trial. \t<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Marius Bosch in Johannesburg and Aleksandar
\nVasovic in Belgrade; editing by Robert Woodward)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2011 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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