Jovic was killed on Easter, 31 March 1991, in an operation against Serb terrorists who blocked a road at Plitvice with logs and ambushed Croatian police who had come to help their colleagues surrounded in the local police station.
PLITVICE, April 2 (Hina) - The 14th anniversary of the death of thefirst Croatian police officer killed in the Homeland War, Josip Jovic,was marked on Saturday at Plitvice, where he was killed. Numerousstate, military and war
veterans' associations as well as Jovic'sfamily laid wreaths, lit candles and paid their respects.
PLITVICE, April 2 (Hina) - The 14th anniversary of the death of
the first Croatian police officer killed in the Homeland War, Josip Jovic, was
marked on Saturday at Plitvice, where he was killed. Numerous state, military
and war veterans' associations as well as Jovic's family laid wreaths, lit
candles and paid their respects.