SrÄ'an Radov Aleksić (Serbian Cyrillic: СрÑ'ан Радов
Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð¸Ñ›; 9 May 1966 â€" 27 January 1993), nicknamed SrÄ'o, was
a Bosnian Serb amateur actor, prospective swimmer, and soldier in the
Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the Bosnian War. He saw his
neighbour, an ethnic Bosniak, being harassed by a group of VRS
soldiers, whom he then tried to stop; the soldiers turned to Aleksić,
beating him with their rifle butts until he fell into a coma. He died
a week later at the hospital. He has received several posthumous
awards for his act, viewed of as deeply heroic in a time of bloody
war. A documentary about his life, SrÄ'o, was made by RTS in
2007.Aleksić was born in the municipality of Trebinje, then part of
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. His father Rade was a
basketball coach, and his mother Mira, from Prijedor, died at an early
age. His brother died in a hang glider accident, above the Petrovo
field, near Trebinje.Aleksić received several awards as an amateur
actor, and continued to act during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
including in a play San ratne noći ("War night's dream"). He was also
a prospective swimmer for Yugoslavia. During the Bosnian War, he was
recruited into the Army of Republika Srpska (the Bosnian Serb Army).On
January 21, 1993, a group of four uniformed VRS soldiers forced Alen
Glavović, an ethnic Bosniak, out of a café by the Freedom Square
across the street from the police station, and started harassing and
beating him. Glavović was the neighbour of Aleksić; he intervened
and went towards them and shouted for them to stop, ending the attack.
However, the four soldiers then turned against Aleksić and beat him
severely with their rifle butts, leaving him falling into coma. Due to
the incurred injuries, he died in the hospital on January 27, 1993.
SrÄ'an's father wrote in his obituary that "SrÄ'an died carrying out
his human duty" ("Umro je vršeći svoju ljudsku dužnost").
Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð¸Ñ›; 9 May 1966 â€" 27 January 1993), nicknamed SrÄ'o, was
a Bosnian Serb amateur actor, prospective swimmer, and soldier in the
Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the Bosnian War. He saw his
neighbour, an ethnic Bosniak, being harassed by a group of VRS
soldiers, whom he then tried to stop; the soldiers turned to Aleksić,
beating him with their rifle butts until he fell into a coma. He died
a week later at the hospital. He has received several posthumous
awards for his act, viewed of as deeply heroic in a time of bloody
war. A documentary about his life, SrÄ'o, was made by RTS in
2007.Aleksić was born in the municipality of Trebinje, then part of
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. His father Rade was a
basketball coach, and his mother Mira, from Prijedor, died at an early
age. His brother died in a hang glider accident, above the Petrovo
field, near Trebinje.Aleksić received several awards as an amateur
actor, and continued to act during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
including in a play San ratne noći ("War night's dream"). He was also
a prospective swimmer for Yugoslavia. During the Bosnian War, he was
recruited into the Army of Republika Srpska (the Bosnian Serb Army).On
January 21, 1993, a group of four uniformed VRS soldiers forced Alen
Glavović, an ethnic Bosniak, out of a café by the Freedom Square
across the street from the police station, and started harassing and
beating him. Glavović was the neighbour of Aleksić; he intervened
and went towards them and shouted for them to stop, ending the attack.
However, the four soldiers then turned against Aleksić and beat him
severely with their rifle butts, leaving him falling into coma. Due to
the incurred injuries, he died in the hospital on January 27, 1993.
SrÄ'an's father wrote in his obituary that "SrÄ'an died carrying out
his human duty" ("Umro je vršeći svoju ljudsku dužnost").
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