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The President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanovi\u0107 laid a wreath and lit a candle next to the Josip Jovi\u0107 Memorial at Plitvice Lakes, commemorating the 33rd<\/sup> anniversary of Operation Plitvice and the death of police officer Josip Jovi\u0107, the first Croatian defender killed in the Homeland War. Josip Jovi\u0107 died on Easter, 31 March 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President of the Republic was accompanied by the Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Tihomir Kundid, Brigadier General Ivan Raos, Brigadier General Valentin Skroza, Advisers to the President of the Republic Marijan Marekovi\u0107 and Ivica Oluji\u0107, and Brigadier General Ivica Kranj\u010devi\u0107, all of whom also paid tribute to Josip Jovi\u0107. Additionally, attending the ceremony alongside the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces were the participants of Operation Plitvice, including the Commander of the Anti-Terrorist Unit Lu\u010dko (ATJ) in the Operation Slavko Butorac, and the then Assistant Minister of the Interior and one of the commanders of Operation Plitvice, Marko Luki\u0107, as well as Ljubo \u0106esi\u0107 Rojs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Operation Plitvice on 31 March 1991 was the Croatian Police\u2019s response to the occupation of Plitvice Lakes National Park and the blockade of the D1 national highway, which transverses the north and south of the country. On that day, in the early morning hours, the Ministry of the Interior\u2019s forces started to move on the main road towards the Jezero Hotel, where their vehicles were ambushed by rebel Serbs. In the attack, 22-year-old Josip Jovi\u0107, a member of the Croatian Ministry of the Interior\u2019s Special Purpose Unit from Rakitje, was killed, and nine police officers were wounded. The conflict lasted several hours, after which the rebels were forced to retreat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Filip Glas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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