Rade Rakonjac
Rade Rakonjac | |
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Born | 1962 FPR Yugoslavia |
Died | 2 April 2014 (aged 51) |
Occupation(s) | Bodyguard, soldier |
Rade Rakonjac (1962 – 2 April 2014) was the bodyguard of Serbian war criminal
Following the assassination of Serbia's Prime Minister
, Rakonjac was never officially convicted of any major crime. His only charge during his lifetime was for the illegal possession of a firearm.Rakonjac served as groomsman to Ražnatović during his 1995 wedding to Ceca.[3]
Murder
On 1 April 2014, Rakonjac was sitting in front of the cafe "Marika" in Belgrade near his home when a masked assailant fired at him from a moving vehicle. The car was later found burned in the Belgrade neighborhood Voždovac.[4] Rakonjac, who was shot in the neck and chest, died of his injuries the following day at the Military Medical Academy.[5] Two other people with ties to Arkan were also injured in the shooting: Goran Ristanović, a basketball manager, and Stojan Novaković, described by the newspaper Novosti as "Ceca's groomsman" in her 1995 wedding to Željko Ražnatović.[6]
It was noted by regional media that Rakonjac was killed two days after the information about new evidence came to light that suggests that the 2000 murder of
Rakonjac was buried 5 April 2014 in
References
- ^ "Ubijen bivši Arkanov telohranitelj". Slobodna Evropa. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Ovde je ubijen bivši Arkanov telohranitelj". Blic. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Zemunski klan juri Kosmajčevog zeta". Alo. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Ubijen Arkanov telohranitelj i blizak prijatelj Legije". Telegraf. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Ubijen Rade Rakonjac Arkanov telohranitelj". Politika. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Ko su ranjeni u pucnjavi u kojoj je ubijen Rade Rakonjac: Sportski menadžer i Cecin dever". Novosti. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Rakonjac ubijen jer je znao za političku pozadinu Arkanova ubojstva?". Večernji list. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Dve verzije ubistva Arkanovog telohranitelja". Blic. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Sahranjen Rade Rakonjac, Arkanov telohranitelj i prijatelj Luke Bojovića". Telegraf. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.