Ibar Highway assassination attempt
| Ibar Highway assassination attempt | |
|---|---|
Vuk Drašković was the planned target of the assassination | |
| Location | near the village of Petka, near Lazarevac, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia |
| Date | 3 October 1999 12:15 PM (Central European Time) |
| Target | Vuk Drašković |
| Deaths | 4 |
| Injured | 1 (Drašković) |
| Perpetrators | Special Operations Unit (JSO) |
The Ibar highway assassination attempt refers to the events that occurred on the Ibar Highway in Serbia, a federal unit of FR Yugoslavia on 3 October 1999, when active members of the Yugoslav state security's Special Operations Unit (JSO) attempted to murder politician Vuk Drašković on the Ibar Highway by slamming a truck full of sand into his two-car motorcade. Their intention was to make it appear as though it were a traffic accident.
Instead of killing Drašković, who managed to survive the crash, they ended up killing four of his associates: high-ranking Serbian Renewal Movement member Veselin Bošković (who was also Drašković's brother-in-law), along with three bodyguards (Zvonko Osmajlić, Vučko Rakočević, and Dragan Vušurović).