Nikola Kavaja [SEP] date of death
Nikola Kavaja
Nikola Kavaja (; 3 October 1932 – 10 November 2008), nicknamed Tito's hunter, was a Serbian nationalist and anti-communist known for his 1979 bombing of a Yugoslav consul’s home and the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 293. He tried to assassinate Josip Broz Tito four times, hence his nickname.
Life.
Life Origin and youth.
Kavaja was born in 1932, in Peć, Zeta Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), to gendarmerie father Mitar Kavaja and mother Milja (
2003 during Operation Sablja following the assassination of Zoran Đinđić. Kavaja was soon released, however.
Filmmaker Milan Knežević made a documentary about Kavaja called "Nikola Kavaja - lovac na Tita" ("Nikola Kavaja - Tito's hunter"), which was shown at the 1994 Edinburgh Film Festival.
He was an associate of Boško Radonjić and Vojislav Stanimirović., and considered a ranking authority and inspiration by the Pink Panthers.
Kavaja died from a heart attack at his home in Belgrade on November 10, 2008,although it