Simo Drljača
Simo Drljača | |
|---|---|
Симо Дрљача | |
| Born | 6 August 1947 |
| Died | 10 July 1997 (aged 49) Gradina, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Cause of death | Shot by SFOR troops while resisting arrest |
| Resting place | Banja Luka |
| Occupation | police officer |
Simo Drljača (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Симо Дрљача; 6 August 1947 – 10 July 1997) was an indicted war criminal, police chief and member of the crisis staff of the municipality of Prijedor during the Bosnian War. On 10 July 1997 British special forces serving with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation-led Stabilisation Force attempted to arrest Drljača in northwestern Bosnia, and when he fired at them, slightly wounding one, they returned fire and killed him.