"Highway Mafia" defendant commits suicide

Savatije Jovic, one of the accused in the case of the so-called Highway Mafia, has committed suicide in Nis, according to local daily Narodne Novine. According to the paper, Jovic hanged himself in his top-floor flat in Bulevar Nemanjica in Nis. "Highway Mafia" defendant commits suicide The case of the victim, who had undergone four bypasses, had been separated because of ill health, and he had been released on bail. He is the third of the group, accused of embezzling highway tolls, to have committed suicide. Mica Zukic from Nis killed himself in a psychiatric clinic in Gornja Toponica near Nis, while Zoran Nedeljkovic from Pancevo hanged himself on July 10 last year at the District Prison in Belgrade.

"Highway Mafia" defendant commits suicide

The case of the victim, who had undergone four bypasses, had been separated because of ill health, and he had been released on bail. He is the third of the group, accused of embezzling highway tolls, to have committed suicide.

Mića Žukić from Niš killed himself in a psychiatric clinic in Gornja Toponica near Niš, while Zoran Nedeljković from Pančevo hanged himself on July 10 last year at the District Prison in Belgrade.