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explosions in cafes had occurred at about 5 p.m., a time
when they could be expected to have customers, but
that no one had been hurt. Farfetched rumors circulated,
including that a fund had been set up in Novi Pazar
to compensate shop-owners who torched their own
businesses.
In a report on the fire, Monitor quoted a citizen of Pljevlja
as saying: ”About a dozen young men were working
with explosives when a military patrol came along, but
they didn’t prevent the arson even though they had
been tipped off about it.“ Accusing General Damjanović
of making absurd statements and Pobjeda of carrying
them without any reservations, Monitor noted that the
destruction of the stores had left more than 30 Pljevlja
Muslims without a livelihood and the town without a
watch repairman. 36
The Montenegrin authorities finally realized that Čeko
Dačević had become a major problem and the Prosecutor’s
Office filed criminal charges against him. SRS
leader Vojislav Šešelj promptly promoted Dačević to
deputy in the Federal Parliament and thus provided him
with legislative immunity.
3.3. Dačević indictment
On 18 January 1993, an indictment containing a number
of counts was filed with the High Court in Bijelo
Polje against Dačević and his fellow Radicals Branko
Vujašević, Jovica Laketić, Ljubomir Odović and Tihomir
Vujadinović. The prosecutor accused them of acts of
terrorism, violence, assaulting police officers, obstructing
police officers in the performance of their duty,
occupying vital public facilities, erecting barricades on
36 ”Agreement on Terror,“ Monitor, Podgorica, 4 September 1992.