Zoran "Zoki" Vujović

Zoran “Zoki” Vujović (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Вујовић - Зоки), born on January 27, 1988 in Skopje (now the Republic of Macedonia), was a protester who was killed during the "Kosovo je Srbija" (English: "Kosovo is Serbia") protest in Belgrade (Serbia), on February 21, 2008. During the protest, Zoran Vujović's dead body was found burnt somewhere inside the building of the American embassy in Belgrade.

Zoran Vujović lived with his family in Kosovo's capital, Pristina, until 1999 when they were forced to move to Novi Sad.

Zoran Vujović was named after his grandfather, who was found dead in 2002. It is said that he committed [...] because he couldn't stand the tragic fate of his mother who died two years earlier. She was found strangled in her bathtub, victim of Albanian extremists. Dragiša, Zoran's uncle said that her death was investigated by a British captain, but no one was ever prosecuted for the [...].

Zoran was a sophomore student at the Faculty of Technical Sciences (Novi Sad). He was also a fan of Partizan, and a member of the Grobari supporters.

Somewhere between 3000 and 5000 people attended his funeral that took place on February 26 in Novi Sad.

References

• "Zoran Vujović died of smoke", Blic online

• "U.S. ambassador warns Serbia's leaders to prevent more violence", Daily News (New York)

• "Serbs bury US Embassy fire victim", USA Today

• "Serbia's top security body to discuss riots", USAToday

• "Young Serb Killed in Embassy Riot ared His Nation's Rage at U.S.", www.balkanpeace.org

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