On the morning of February 6 , 2001 , Jovanović sat in a restaurant by the business club " Lutra " to attend a discussion with State Security executive Franko Simatović , the Minister of Interior Dušan Mihajlović , and Milorad Ulemek , who organized the meeting . Jovanović and Mihajlović asked Simatović about the Ibar Highway assassination attempt on Vuk Drašković , the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija and the disappearance of Ivan Stambolić . Simatović claimed not to know about any of the liquidations , to which Jovanović remarked , " Frenki , you know so little for someone who was second man in the State Security Service . " After the meeting , Jovanović got in his Mitsubishi Pajero to drive his wife to Avalska street in Belgrade . After having walked approximately ten meters away from his vehicle , the Pajero exploded , destroying several other cars in the vicinity . Approximately 30 minutes had elapsed from the meeting with Simatović and the car bomb detonation . The vehicle was left in a parking lot for four days , after which it was taken for investigation by the Yugoslav Institute for Safety . Mitsubishi 's European division also investigated and concluded that the cause of the explosion was that of a time bomb . The former head of the Yugoslav State Security Service , Jovica Stanišić , later commented that " someone from our agency did it "
Ibar Highway assassination attempt
Ibar Highway assassination attempt
Čedomir Jovanović