Ex-Policeman Gets Jail in Death of Serb Warlord
A former policeman was sentenced to 20 years in prison for gunning down Serbia’s most notorious underworld boss and warlord.
Dobrosav Gavric, 25, was convicted on three counts of murder in the slayings of Zeljko Raznatovic--better known as Arkan--and his two bodyguards in a Belgrade, Yugoslavia, hotel in January 2000.
Arkan, who led one of the most dreaded paramilitary units during the 1990s wars in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, was under indictment by the U.N. tribunal in The Hague for war crimes.
His killing triggered speculation that former President Slobodan Milosevic--who is awaiting trial at the court--was trying to silence a potential witness.
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