Croatian investigative journalist Domagoj Margetić has published documents which, according to his account, form part of the internal and classified records of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s State Security Service concerning Aleksandar Vučić’s alleged role during the Siege of Sarajevo. The claims remain allegations and have not been established by a final court ruling.
At the center of the material is a document dated February 17, 1995, relating to an operational investigation codenamed “Lovac” (“Hunter”).
The document is attributed to Nedžad Ugljen, who at the time was a senior official of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s State Security Service.
According to the contents of the document published by Margetić, Ugljen identifies Aleksandar Vučić, who at the time was secretary-general of the Serbian Radical Party in Belgrade, as the person allegedly coordinating the arrival of foreign nationals at sniper positions from which, according to the document, civilians in Sarajevo were targeted.
The document reportedly states that, following conversations with several individuals concerning the arrival of “foreign hunters” to shoot at people from sniper positions in Grbavica and at the Jewish Cemetery, operational contacts obtained information that the service considered credible.
“The person coordinating the activities of bringing foreign hunters to Grbavica and accompanying them to positions from which civilians in Sarajevo are being shot at is the then secretary-general of the Serbian Radical Party in Belgrade, Aleksandar Vučić,” the document reportedly states.
The material also alleges that Vučić crossed the border and travelled through territory controlled by Bosnian Serb forces. According to the document, he was identified at checkpoints using an identification card belonging to a Serbian State Security Service reservist.
The document reportedly says that the identification card had been issued by Frenki Simatović, who was then deputy head of Serbia’s State Security Service.
It further claims that Vučić’s alleged activities related to the arrival of “foreign hunters” in Grbavica and at the Jewish Cemetery continued even after he returned to Belgrade and was elected secretary-general of the Serbian Radical Party.
At the time, according to the document, he was also a member of the Serbian Parliament.
It was reportedly on the basis of these allegations that the operational investigation into him continued under the codename “Lovac” — “Hunter.”
Sectors Where the Activities Allegedly Took Place
A separate section of the document describes how, according to information obtained by State Security Service operational contacts, positions for the alleged “foreign hunters” were organized.
According to the material, the division of the area into sectors allowed foreigners participating in these activities to choose the position from which they would shoot.
The document reportedly describes the activities as “hunting people,” while Margetić refers to them as a “human sniper safari.”
Ugljen Continued Collecting Information Despite an Investigation Ban
According to Margetić, Nedžad Ugljen continued documenting information received from sources and operational contacts concerning these activities despite an official order prohibiting further investigations.
The information collected was reportedly recorded in internal documents to preserve a record of what operational sources were reporting.
The February 17, 1995 document reportedly concludes by portraying Vučić as a person with an important role in an organization that, according to operational sources, brought “foreign hunters” to positions controlled by Serbian forces.
What Happened to Ugljen’s Documents After His Murder?
Another part of the material published by Margetić concerns the fate of Nedžad Ugljen’s documentation following his murder in 1996.
According to the Croatian journalist, an order was issued after Ugljen’s murder to destroy his documentation.
Under this account, there was no formal handover of his office and no official record of the materials found there following his death.
Margetić claims that the documentation found in Ugljen’s office disappeared. However, he says Ugljen had anticipated the danger and had preserved copies of a large portion of the documents in several locations.
According to Margetić, these copies included notes and internal information Ugljen had collected during his work.
The documents published by Domagoj Margetić contain serious allegations concerning Aleksandar Vučić’s alleged involvement in organizing the arrival of foreigners at sniper positions during the Siege of Sarajevo. Margetić has been pursuing the broader “Sarajevo Safari” allegations for decades and presented information to the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 2026.
