Tadija Pantić (25), a leader of FC Partizan’s ultra group from Zemun, was killed on Saturday, 22nd of November Novi Beograd. He was reportedly on his way to a meeting when the killer fired at least five shots. After that, the killer and an accomplice fled on a motorbike in an unknown direction.
Pantić allegedly tried to escape the attackers, but they soon caught up with him.
According to media reports, citing sources from the investigation, Pantić lives not far from the scene of the murder, and he was supposed to meet a friend. It is suspected that at some point he noticed the killer and tried to escape. He walked along the path between the buildings, trying to escape them, however, the killer caught up with him and shot him several times behind a betting shop, before fleeing, sources claim.
According to “Kurir”, Tadija Pantić has already been targeted twice. Tadija was one of the targets of Delije (FK Crvena Zvezda) at Gazela bridge in June this year when they staged a standoff on the bridge with scooters surrounding cars carrying Grobari (Partizan) returning from a basketball game, with Tadija in one of the cars, then gunfire opened.
There was an attempt on him with a bomb on Kosovska Street. Macedonian model Martin Sipkovski (21), who died on September 30 in an explosion in a rented apartment on Kosovska Street in the center of Belgrade, according to operational information, was hired to kill Tadija Pantić, the media write that Sipkovski is suspected of accidentally activating explosives in the apartment, which resulted in his death.
This is not the first-time leaders and members of ultra groups in Serbia are killed, usually they happen because of criminal activities, but this time it’s not clear yet if it has to do with the scene or shady stuff.
