Father dedicates son's bravery medal to "Serb people"
The father of a Bosnian Serb man who was posthumously decorated in Serbia for personal bravery has said he was "gifting the medal to the Serb people".
Thursday, 16.02.2012.
12:33
The father of a Bosnian Serb man who was posthumously decorated in Serbia for personal bravery has said he was "gifting the medal to the Serb people". Rade Aleksic was in Belgrade on Wednesday to accept the decoration on behalf of his son Srdjan Aleksic, killed in 1993 after he acted to protect his Bosniak (Muslim) neighbor in the Herzegovina town of Trebinje. Father dedicates son's bravery medal to "Serb people" "This is not a medal for Srdjan, but for the Serb people and all citizens of Serbia who accept that sacrifice for others is a magnificent act," Rade Aleksic said after a ceremony in the Serbian parliament. "I congratulate on this medal to all citizens and gift it to them," he added. Srdjan Aleksic was among 17 recipients of this year's state honors given by President Boris Tadic on Statehood Day. Milorad Dodik, president of the Serb entity in Bosnia, the Serb Republic (RS), also attended the ceremony, to note that the sacrifice of Srdjan Aleksic "deserved social attention". He added that he was "honored by the fact that the Serbian president decided to award Srdjan Aleksic in this way". "He is certainly a shining example, but unfortunately such examples were not found on the other side," Dodik said. The incident that cost Aleksic his life took place as the war was raging in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Four members of the Bosnian Serb army (VRS) assaulted a local Bosniak man, Alen Glavovic, in Trebinje. Aleksic, himself serving in the VRS, came to Glavovic's rescue and managed to protect him, but the attackers then turned on him, beating him severely. 27-year-old Srdjan Aleksic died of his injuries several days later, on January 27, 1993. His father at the time wrote in an obituary that his son died "while performing his human duty". One of the four attackers died in the war, while others were put on trial and sentenced to two years and four months in prison each. Alen Glavovic now lives in Sweden with his wife and two children, and according to reports, visits the grave of Srdjan Aleksic every year, and maintains contact with his father Rade. Local authorities in Novi Sad and Pancevo in Serbia named streets after Srdjan Aleksic. However there is no tribute to Aleksic in his native Trebinje. Rade Aleksic is seen in Belgrade on Wednesday (Tanjug) Beta
Father dedicates son's bravery medal to "Serb people"
"This is not a medal for Srđan, but for the Serb people and all citizens of Serbia who accept that sacrifice for others is a magnificent act," Rade Aleksić said after a ceremony in the Serbian parliament."I congratulate on this medal to all citizens and gift it to them," he added.
Srđan Aleksić was among 17 recipients of this year's state honors given by President Boris Tadić on Statehood Day.
Milorad Dodik, president of the Serb entity in Bosnia, the Serb Republic (RS), also attended the ceremony, to note that the sacrifice of Srđan Aleksić "deserved social attention".
He added that he was "honored by the fact that the Serbian president decided to award Srđan Aleksić in this way".
"He is certainly a shining example, but unfortunately such examples were not found on the other side," Dodik said.
The incident that cost Aleksić his life took place as the war was raging in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Four members of the Bosnian Serb army (VRS) assaulted a local Bosniak man, Alen Glavović, in Trebinje. Aleksić, himself serving in the VRS, came to Glavović's rescue and managed to protect him, but the attackers then turned on him, beating him severely.
27-year-old Srđan Aleksić died of his injuries several days later, on January 27, 1993.
His father at the time wrote in an obituary that his son died "while performing his human duty".
One of the four attackers died in the war, while others were put on trial and sentenced to two years and four months in prison each.
Alen Glavović now lives in Sweden with his wife and two children, and according to reports, visits the grave of Srđan Aleksić every year, and maintains contact with his father Rade.
Local authorities in Novi Sad and Pančevo in Serbia named streets after Srđan Aleksić. However there is no tribute to Aleksić in his native Trebinje.
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