Former paramilitary commander reportedly killed in car crash

The Belgrade based daily Blic is reporting that a former commander of the 1990s-era paramilitary unit, convicted for war crimes, has died in a car crash.

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Wednesday, 01.01.2014.

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BELGRADE The Belgrade based daily Blic is reporting that a former commander of the 1990s-era paramilitary unit, convicted for war crimes, has died in a car crash. The newspaper said that Slobodan Medic, who commended the Skorpioni (Scorpions) unit, died on Tuesday along with his wife and son near the town of Sremska Mitrovica. Former paramilitary commander reportedly killed in car crash The police are yet to confirm the identity of the victims. The MUP did announce that the driver and two passengers in a Toyota vehicle lost their lives in a traffic accident, and said they were S.M. (47), LJ. M. (45), and D.M. (17), all three residents of Novi Sad. They died when a Belgrade license plates Renault, driven by D.K. collided with their car. The police said that the driver of the Renault was placed under arrest. Slobodan Medic and four other members of the former unit were put on trial for war crimes committed against Muslims in Trnovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 1995. He was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2007. The daily said that Medic was on his way back to prison when he died in the accident. According to this, he had been granted "weekend leave" by the prison authorities. B92 Blic Tanjug

Former paramilitary commander reportedly killed in car crash

The police are yet to confirm the identity of the victims. The MUP did announce that the driver and two passengers in a Toyota vehicle lost their lives in a traffic accident, and said they were S.M. (47), LJ. M. (45), and D.M. (17), all three residents of Novi Sad.

They died when a Belgrade license plates Renault, driven by D.K. collided with their car. The police said that the driver of the Renault was placed under arrest.

Slobodan Medić and four other members of the former unit were put on trial for war crimes committed against Muslims in Trnovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 1995.

He was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2007.

The daily said that Medić was on his way back to prison when he died in the accident. According to this, he had been granted "weekend leave" by the prison authorities.

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