The commander of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit was removed from work a day after the decision to detain nine members of the JZO in the case of the Government garage. The MUP did not state the reason for the removal
The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that Žmirić was temporarily removed from work and that the unit will be managed by the deputy commander. The announcement did not state the reasons. On November 6, the First Basic Court in Belgrade ordered the detention of Žmirić and eight former and current members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' JZO who are suspected of abusing and torturing students and citizens who were taken to the garage of the Government of Serbia after the protest in August last year. According to the statements of Nikolina Sinđelić and other students, on August 14, 2025, after a protest in Nemanja Street, they were forced and taken to the garage of the Government of Serbia building, where members of the Unit for the Security of Certain Persons and Objects, including Marko Kricak, slapped and hit them, and Sinđelić says that Kricak hit her head against the wall and threatened to "undress and rape her in front of everyone."
Žmirić became the head of SAJ in November 2025, and he was noticed by the public because of the way he allegedly treated students and citizens during the protest on August 14 of the same year, when together with Marko Krička and other members of the JZO, he took students to the Government building.
He started his career in the Special Operations Unit ("red berets"), led by Milorad Ulemek Legija, who was convicted of murdering Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić. According to the official biography, he was born in Sombor in 1979 in a family with a police tradition. He served in the Yugoslav Army and the 63rd Parachute Brigade, transferred to the Gendarmerie, and then to the Anti-Terrorist Unit.
After its abolition in 2016, he became a member of SAJ. In 2019, he was appointed assistant commander of the JZO, in 2021 he was sent to the Gendarmerie as an advisor to the commander, and in 2023 he returned to the position of assistant commander of the JZO. He participated in training with Russian, American and French units and graduated from the Law Enforcement Academy in Budapest.
KRIK wrote in February that he became the owner of a villa worth more than 400.000 euros in the "Aval Valley" settlement, which was built for him by Nenad Šekularac, convicted of attempted murder and the brother of Aleksandra Biba Šekularac, who was arrested during the "Saber" operation due to her closeness to the leaders of the Zemun clan. According to N1's knowledge, since Žmirić's arrival at the head of SAJ, about 40 active members have left the unit, mostly by going on disability or early retirement at personal request, and unofficially, as stated, due to the impossibility of working in an atmosphere of fear.
SAJ is one of the most important units of the MUP, and the removal of its commander comes at a time when JZO members suspected of abusing students are in custody, which shows that the procedure is spreading to several levels of command. It is important for the unit who will lead it and whether it is possible to regain the trust of those who left. For the public, it is also a question of responsibility for the events of August 14, 2025.
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