Serbian citizen Nikola Jovanovic (54) from Zajecar, dubbed Celo or Kopilan (Bastard), is in Germany according to the latest police operational information.
Multiple sources of close to investigation confirmed this to Pobjeda. The sources claim investigators are working intensively with colleagues from Germany and other countries, and expect Jovanovic to be handcuffed soon.
An international arrest warrant has been issued against him. He is suspected of murdering Igor Mitrovic (39) from Bar on 18 July in the vicinity of the victim’s house between Susanj and Crvanj neighbourhoods.
The killer was identified after court expert analyses, witness testimonies and video surveillance. According to information obtained by Pobjeda, Mitrovic’s murder has been a consequence of a score-settling related to drug smuggling.
He was earlier suspected and convicted for extortion, kidnapping and fraud. Jovanovic was convicted in Serbia to 13.5 years in prison which he had served before 1997. After that he was sentenced to 8 years in prison over a kidnapping and was released from prison in 2015. Currently he is wanted in Serbia over suspicions that he committed some murders in that country.
Jovanovic has changed his name and documents three times.
