Savić accused Momčilo Krajišnik, the then leader of the SDS, and pro-Belgrade elements in the entity's security services of attempting to plant a bomb under his car.

[5] Savić commanded the Garda Panteri (Serbian Cyrillic: Гарда Пантери), which was later incorporated as a special unit in the armed forces of the Republika Srpska.

The unit, initially called the "Serbian National Guard of SAO Semberija and Majevica," was renamed to the "Garda Panteri" by Savić in honor of the commander preceding him, Branko Pantelić, who was killed in action in September 1992.

[6] The Garda Panteri, along with the Serb Volunteer Guard commanded by Željko Ražnatović, attempted to capture the city in the spring of 1992.

As part of his anti-corruption campaign in Republika Srpska, he ordered the arrest of several high-ranking government officials, including sympathizers of Radovan Karadžić.

After the attempted capture of Milovan Bjelica, a close friend of Savić, Srđan Knežević [sr], was shot dead outside his home in Pale.

Savić was assassinated in his vehicle near a railway station on 7 June 2000, when he stopped briefly to escort an elderly woman home.

According to eyewitness reports, another vehicle suddenly appeared, from which Đorđe Ždrale, who had already been convicted of murder and unofficially released, opened fire with an automatic firearm.