Dušan Spasojević

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Dušan Spasojević
Душан Спасојевић
Born(1968-07-10)10 July 1968
Retkocer, Medveđa, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Died27 March 2003(2003-03-27) (aged 34)
Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro
OccupationCriminal
SpouseTatjana Spasojević
Children2 (Jovana legitimate)
RelativesMilovan Spasojević
Stanka Spasojević

Dušan Spasojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Спасојевић; 10 July 1968 – 27 March 2003), known by the nicknames Duća and Šiptar[1][2] (a derogatory term for Albanians),[3] was a Serbian criminal who was the head of one of the largest Serbian criminal groups on record, the Zemun Clan.

The peak of Zemun Clan's influence occurred from 2000 until 2003 when a country-wide manhunt, named Operation Sabre, was initiated after the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić, leading to more than 11,000 people associated with organized criminal groups being detained.[4][5]

Serbian police surrounded Spasojević and his accomplice, Mile Luković. After a shootout between the two sides, Spasojević and Luković were killed by police, according to the official version, in front of their hiding place by a sniper[6] in the village of Meljak near Belgrade on 27 March 2003.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Glavni ortak zemljak". Novosti.rs (in Serbian). Večernje novosti. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Banditi pod šapkom zemljaka". Novosti.rs (in Serbian). Večernje novosti. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Serbia: l'Alta corte emette sentenza storica. "Šiptar", un termine offensivo". 22 October 2018.
  4. ^ "11 years since assassination of Zoran Đinđić". B92. 2014-03-12. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  5. ^ "AKCIJA 'SABLJA'". www.arhiva.srbija.gov.rs. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  6. ^ "Убиты основные подозреваемые в убийстве сербского премьера // НТВ.Ru" ["The main suspects in the murder of the Serbian prime minister were killed // NTV.Ru"] (in Russian). 2018-01-23. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  7. ^ "Serb police kill Djindjic suspects". 2003-03-28. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  8. ^ "The Hindu : Suspects in Djindjic murder shot dead". The Hindu. 2004-01-14. Archived from the original on 2004-01-14. Retrieved 2024-03-15.