Edin Gačić

Edin Gačić
Born(1976-09-01)1 September 1976
Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Died12 February 2019(2019-02-12) (aged 42)
Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Conviction(s)Murder
Criminal penalty14 years (first conviction)
20 years (second conviction)
Details
Victims4
Span of crimes
1998–2019
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina

Edin Gačić (1 September 1976 – 12 February 2019)[1] was a Bosnian serial killer who murdered four people between 1998 and 2019. He is the only known serial killer in Bosnian and Herzegovinian criminal history.

Early life and crimes

Gačić was born in Banja Luka in SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1976. According to his statements given to the police agencies during his arrest, he was sexually abused as a child.[2]

During the Bosnian War, he served in the El-Mudžahid military detachment of the 3rd Corps of ARBiH from 1993 to 1995. After the war, he killed his fellow soldier Ismet Gunić in 1998, for which he was sentenced to 14 years in prison the following year in 1999.

While on a weekend leave from prison, he shot and killed his mother Sifeta in the Bosnian city of Zenica in August of 2002. The court subsequently handed down a cumulative sentence of 20 years in prison for Gačić. He returned to prison, being released again 15 years later.

After his release from prison, he did not commit any crimes and was staying in Banja Luka until he sold his apartment and moved to Konjic. However, in 2019 he shot and killed two other men, Suad Sultanić, who was his neighbour and a shop owner in Konjic, and later Mahir Begić, who was a policeman, in Tarčin.[3][4][5]

Death

After the murder of Begić, the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) issued a nationwide manhunt against Gačić. Within eight days of continued searching, he was found in the Lepenica settlement near Kiseljak. During that time, Gačić engaged with the police in an armed confrontation, and he was shot and killed on 12 February 2019.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Raspisana nagrada od 50.000 KM za informacije koje bi dovele do hapšenja Edina Gačića". VOA News (in Bosnian). 12 February 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  2. ^ Blic. ""NAJOPASNIJI LIK KOJEG SAM IKAD VIDEO" Ko je bio Edin Gačić, surovi ubica iz Bosne koji je ubio četiri osobe, a poseban pištolj kupio da LIKVIDIRA MAJKU". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Ubojstvo kod Konjica izvršio pripadnik El Mudžahida koji je ubio suborca i vlastitu majku | Jabuka.tv" (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Prije tačno godinu ubijen najtraženiji serijski ubica Edin Gačić". Avaz.ba (in Bosnian). 12 February 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Pokopali su ubijenog policajca: 'Moj sin je heroj, ponosna sam'". 24sata.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Serial killer Edin Gačić killed by the police". Independent Balkan News Agency. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Prije dvije godine serijski ubica Edin Gačić digao je državu na noge". Index.ba (in Bosnian). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.