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of heavily armed police and soldiers came to his house
for the first time on 4 May 1992. Their leader was Milan
Sokolović of Pljevlja and his deputy was Slaviša Svrkota.
Tahirbegović also recognized VJ reservists Slavko
Popadić from Pljevlja who had worked at the local
sawmill, and Slobodan Miletić from Tvrdakovići village
who later became a police officer. Božidar Radović from
Piperi and one Džogaza, a VJ reservist, were in the group.
Svrkota and two police came in and, shouting that they
would kill the whole family and burn down the house,
locked Tahirbegović in one room and drove his wife
Zlatija (43), mother Zećira (90), sons Mustafa (19) and
Haris (17), and daughter Emina (4.5) into the yard.
Džogaz fired his sniper rifle over the heads of the family
and then the group proceeded to search the house.
After the search, they put Haris and Mustafa into their
Pinzguaer vehicle, saying they were taking them to
”Vojvoda Dušan Kornjača“ in Čajniče for exchange purposes.
Haris and Mustafa soon returned and told the
family that, as they were being driven by the house of
Mladen Dajović, a Montenegrin, Dajović and his five
sons stopped the vehicle, pulled them out and told
them to go home.
Tahirbegović found that the police and soldiers had
taken about one kilogram of gold coins and jewelry
when they searched his house. The next day he reported
the theft to the Pljevlja police. On 6 May, JA reservists
came and took him to the community office in Kovačevići
for questioning. His interrogators demanded that
he tell them where he was hiding weapons for the
Green Berets and warned him to tell no one about his
housing being searched and his gold stolen. He was
held for several hours before being allowed to go. ”I
think Miladin Klačar, a forester from Pljevlja, saved me
then,“ Tahirbegović told the HLC.
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