MOLOTOV COCKTAIL THROWN AT VUK BAJRUŠEVIĆ’S CAFE: The first victim of the Zemun clan kidnapping attacked again!

An incendiary device, a so-called Molotov cocktail, was thrown at a well-known catering establishment in the Belgrade neighborhood of Vračar tonight around two o’clock after midnight, “Telegraf.rs” learns.

According to Telegraf’s information, an unknown person approached the premises, activated the flammable mixture and threw it at the establishment, after which the flames engulfed a part of the interior.

Firefighting teams arrived at the scene immediately, localized and extinguished the fire, preventing the flames from spreading to surrounding buildings.

Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident, but significant material damage was caused.

According to this media outlet, the establishment is owned by Vuk Bajrušević, who just a few months ago was targeted by an armed attacker in the same establishment.

The police conducted an investigation, footage from security cameras that recorded the attacker was seized, and an investigation into the motive for this attack is ongoing.

Who is Vuk Bajrušević?

Vuk Bajrušević (51) is a Belgrade caterer and businessman, known to the wider public since the 2000s as the first kidnapping victim of the notorious Zemun clan.

He is the brother of Bojana Bajrušević, the widow of Mihalj Kertes (former director of the Federal Customs Administration and a close associate of Slobodan Milošević). Precisely because of the wealth and luxury car fleet of the Bajrušević family, the leaders of the Zemun clan – Dušan Spasojević Šiptar and Mile Luković Kum – in collusion with Milorad Ulemek Legija, targeted Vuk for kidnapping.

The Zemun Clan Kidnapping

Bajrušević was kidnapped on November 6, 2000, in front of his mother’s building on Banovo Brdo.

The kidnappers taped his eyes and ears with duct tape and kept him chained at three different locations for a full 20 days.

The Zemun clan members initially demanded an astronomical 5 million German marks. His sister Bojana negotiated with the clan and eventually managed to lower the price to 1.5 million marks. After the money was paid, Vuk was released alive on November 27 near the flea market in New Belgrade.

During the kidnapping, Bojana sought help from Legija himself (then commander of the JSO), not knowing that he was actually the mastermind behind the entire operation and that his security was passing information to the Zemun clan members the whole time.

Vuk Bajrušević also found himself behind bars. He was once arrested and sentenced to one year in prison for an attempted extortion of 850,000 euros.

Shooting in Vračar

In December last year, Bajrušević survived a classic mafia warning when he was shot in his cafe in Vračar.

Around noon, while there were guests and even children in the establishment, a younger man with a hood, masked with a cap and a scarf, walked into the cafe. He approached the bar where Bajrušević was sitting in his usual place and fired three shots from a pistol.

Bajrušević was hit by two bullets in the legs (one shot hit him directly, and the other grazed him). The attacker fled on foot in the direction of Mileševska Street, and the police then launched operation “Vihor”. Bajrušević was transported to the Emergency Center in a conscious and stable condition.