Former Serbian Gendarmerie commander Goran Radosavljević-Guri, linked to the murder of the Bytyqi brothers, was seen among uniformed men at a student protest in Belgrade on Tuesday.
Radosavljević, accompanied by Živorad Žika Ivanović, a former member of Serbia’s disbanded Special Operations Unit (JSO), led a group of men wearing military-style uniforms and insignia of the controversial JSO. The group gathered at a park where students protesting university blockades have been demonstrating for five days.
The U.S. State Department has banned Radosavljević from entering the United States due to his alleged role in the 1999 execution of Agron, Mehmet, and Ilir Bytyqi, three American citizens of Albanian descent who fought for the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).
The Bytyqi brothers were arrested near the Serbia-Kosovo border for illegal entry, sentenced to 15 days in prison, and later transferred to a Serbian counterterrorism police base in Petrovo Selo, under Radosavljević’s command. Their bodies were found in 2001 in a mass grave, executed with gunshots to the head.
Despite the serious allegations, Radosavljević has denied any involvement in their killings. His presence at the protest alongside JSO symbols raises concerns about Serbia’s political and security climate, given JSO’s history of war crimes and ties to Milorad Ulemek Legija, the orchestrator of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić’s assassination.
