Wolves of Vučjak ( sr, Вукови с Вучјака, Vukovi s Vučjaka) was a paramilitary unit active in the
Croatian War of Independence and the
Bosnian War. It was established in
Prnjavor, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prnjavor ( sr-cyr, Прњавор, ) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, between cities of Banja Luka and Doboj. According to the 2013 census, the town has a population of 8,120 inhabitants ...
.
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They were active in fighting in Okučani
Okučani is a village and municipal centre in western Slavonia, Croatia. It is located 19 km southeast of Novska and 17 km west of Nova Gradiška. , Jasenovac and Novska
Novska is a town in the Sisak-Moslavina County of Croatia. It is located in western part of the historic region of Slavonia, between Kutina and Nova Gradiška, linear distance southeast of the capital, Zagreb.
Demographics
Novska has a total pop ...
.Kozara
Kozara ( sr-cyrl, Козара) is a mountain in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the town of Kozarac and in the Bosanska Krajina region, bounded by the Sava River to the north, the Vrbas to the east, the Sana to the south, and the Una to the ...
, and replaced RTV Sarajevo
TVSA or Televizija Kantona Sarajevo (Sarajevo Canton Television) is a public TV channel founded by Assembly of Sarajevo Canton. Headquarters of TVSA is located in capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo (along with national and entity ...
with Serb programming. Its leader Veljko Milanković was badly wounded on February 4, 1993 and later died at the Medical Academy on February 14.
A witness testified to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia during Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević's trial that the Wolves were trained in Knin
Knin (, sr, link=no, Книн, it, link=no, Tenin) is a city in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia, located in the Dalmatian hinterland near the source of the river Krka, an important traffic junction on the rail and road routes between Zagr ...
by Dragan Vasiljković, "''Captain Dragan''".
In 2007, it was announced that the paramilitary's commander Veljko Milanković would have a street named after him in Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...
. Non-governmental groups protested the decision.
See also
* Serbian paramilitary
References
External links
Са сведочења на суђењу Радославу Брђанину
изјава сведока, 11. новембар 2003.
наводе га као команданта јединице "Вукови са Мањаче"
Дневник онлајн
30 March 2007
Глас јавности
''Министарство против "Вукова с Вучјака"'', 2. јун 2007
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Military units and formations of the Croatian War of Independence
Military units and formations of the Bosnian War
Paramilitary organizations based in Serbia
1991 establishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Military units and formations established in 1991
History of the Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Paramilitary organizations in the Yugoslav Wars
Organizations disestablished in 1995