{"id":156732,"date":"2024-11-21T16:18:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T14:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=156732"},"modified":"2024-11-21T16:18:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T14:18:23","slug":"alija-balijagic-arrested-double-killer-captured-in-serbia-police-caught-him-while-he-was-sleeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/alija-balijagic-arrested-double-killer-captured-in-serbia-police-caught-him-while-he-was-sleeping\/","title":{"rendered":"ALIJA BALIJAGI\u0106 ARRESTED: Double killer captured in Serbia, Police caught him while he was sleeping!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Vice President of the Government and Minister of Internal Affairs Ivica Da\u010di\u0107 stated that members of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (SAJ), with the cooperation of all other police forces, arrested Alija Balijagi\u0107 this morning at around 3:05 AM in the village of Pribojska Gole\u0161a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He was found in a house that we had information he occasionally visits. He was caught while sleeping and did not resist. He had two rifles, a hunting rifle, a knife, and another weapon \u2013 a hunting carbine, modified from a military rifle,&#8221; Da\u010di\u0107 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrest took place in a very difficult area with 40 centimeters of snow, as reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The individual is being brought to the Police Directorate in Prijepolje,&#8221; Da\u010di\u0107 added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0Kg4fpvp1WmGXWein7n7pbC2QpGQYkbWGrpX68K1PbmodKK4MGVgPKDmT2FsMorzsl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How did the search unfold?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Balijagi\u0107 is suspected of murdering brother and sister Mad\u017egalj on October 25 in the town of Stolac near Bijelo Polje. Since then, he had been hiding in the border region between Montenegro, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, in terrain that he was familiar with from previous times when he was also on the run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Balijagi\u0107 is a repeat offender, having spent almost four decades in prison for various criminal acts, including 15 years in solitary confinement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Interpol warrant had been issued for his arrest, and he was located in the vicinity of Prijepolje in early November. The police forces of both Montenegro and Serbia had been searching for him, with the involvement of the military, drones, and sniffer dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">READ MORE: <\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/justice-will-be-served-uefa-to-punish-so-called-kosovo-players-for-abandoning-the-pitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED: UEFA to punish so-called Kosovo players for abandoning the pitch!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/days-of-mourning-in-paracin-the-city-is-in-mourning-after-the-death-of-anja-the-15th-victim-of-the-novi-sad-tragedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DAYS OF MOURNING IN PARA\u0106IN: The city is in mourning after the death of Anja, the 15th victim of the Novi Sad tragedy!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/prestigious-international-festival-held-serbian-consulate-in-new-york-showcases-serbian-cultural-heritage-music-and-cuisine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL HELD: Serbian Consulate in New York showcases Serbian cultural heritage, music and cuisine!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Euronews<br>Photo: MUP Srbije<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vice President of the Government and Minister of Internal Affairs Ivica Da\u010di\u0107 stated that members of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (SAJ), with the cooperation of all other police forces, arrested Alija Balijagi\u0107 this morning at around 3:05 AM in the village of Pribojska Gole\u0161a. &#8220;He was found in a house that we had information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":156733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1768,159,1617,2029,478,1180,113,115],"class_list":["post-156732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-serbia","tag-alija-balijagic","tag-crna-gora","tag-hapsenje","tag-homicide","tag-policija","tag-potraga","tag-srbija","tag-ubistvo","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156739,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156732\/revisions\/156739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}