On 21 January 1993 a group of four uniformed VRS soldiers forced Alen Glavović, an ethnic Bosnian Muslim, out of a café by the Freedom Square across the street from the police station,[1] and started harassing and beating him.
[3] One of the defence lawyers of the attackers said while in court, "Served him right, defending a balija",[4] the latter being a derogatory term for Bosnian Muslims.
Alen Glavović, the friend that Srđan saved, survived and fled the war and today lives in Sweden, married with two children.
[5] One of the four soldiers who participated in this event gave a statement in 2011, which was confirmed by the Association of Fighters of the Republic of Srpska from Trebinje: That January 21, 1993.
While passing through the Trebinje market, we saw Glavović at the counter, whom we knew worked with smuggled goods for Aleksić, who escaped from the front a few months earlier.
All sorts of things went through our heads then, in a moment of anger and helplessness, while we are bleeding and fighting for 3 months in the same pants, they are drinking coffee and smuggling around Trebinje.
Therefore, Srđan Aleksić died defending his stall and smuggled goods and not some Alen Glavović, who was not even there at that moment, but ran away.
The contest, which is run in several cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, aims to galvanize youths in the country, of all ethnic backgrounds, to share their own stories of inspiration and heroism.
[15] Two movies have been produced on the life events of Srđan Aleksić: the 2012 documentary Srdjo, and the 2013 Serbian drama film Krugovi ("Circles"), which won several awards.