several dozen civilians as hostages. A total of seventeen people were brutally killed by Caco and his men. In the attempt to arrest him: police officers Admir Hebib (1969–93), Kemal Kojić (1960–93), Dragan Miljanović (1967–93), Slaven Markešić (1965–93), Srđan Bosiljčić (1963–93), Elvir Šovšić (1974–93), Hamid Humić (1959–93), Jasmin Čamdžija (1968–93), Izet Karšić (1959–93) and eight civilian hostages were killed. Caco later surrendered after receiving guarantees from the Presidency that he would not be killed. He ended up dead. In the official version of the event issued by the Government, Caco was killed while attempting escape. Caco's brother Emir, brother-in-law Behudin and another soldier were arrested and beaten, but were released at the time. Several members of his brigade were later charged with war crimes in Sarajevo courts. 14 soldiers were eventually convicted of various atrocities after a secret trial, with most serving sentences of a few months. According to Munir Alibabić, Central Security Service Director for the Bosnian government during the Siege of Sarajevo, Caco was eliminated not because he was an out-of-control commander but because he had become a political liability for Alija Izetbegović and his inner circle: Caco knew too much and could implicate SDA political leaders who were accomplices in his dirty work. Funeral Caco was buried in a grave marked N.N. close to the Sarajevo Olympic Stadium. In 1996, under pressure from various groups, the Bosnian government revealed the location of his grave, and his remains were exhumed. On 2 December 1996 he was given a war hero's burial which was broadcast on television and attended by approximately 12,000 people in Sarajevo, mostly members of the Green Berets and other quasi-formal military formations. Caco's public funeral was condemned by Jovan Divjak, an ethnic Serb who was an army general for the Bosnian army during the war, as the "glorification of a gangster". He wrote to President Izetbegović: "I cannot understand, why, in the days when you are making superhuman efforts to preserve Bosnia as it is, you organize the funeral of those who inflicted the greatest harm. Is this funeral not a sign to all of those who violated the laws? A sign that they can come pillage the houses, steal cars and the belongings of others without impunity?". Divjak had on May 27, 1993——four months before Caco's arrest——denounced Caco's crimes in a letter to the general staff and Izetbegović. Caco was buried in the cemetery