Jožef Meneder

Jožef Meneder (Serbian Cyrillic: Јожеф Менедер, Hungarian: Meneder József; 1974 – 3 June 1993) was Serbian-FR Yugoslavian mass murderer.[1] On 3 June 1993, while serving as a private in the Army of FR Yugoslavia in the city of Vranje, Meneder opened fire with an automatic rifle, killing seven fellow soldiers and wounding four, before taking his own life.[2][3]

Meneder was kept in confinement of the military barracks of the South Morava brigade because of a barracks brawl. On 3 June 1993, just after midnight, he managed to escape the cell, attacking the guard with an ax. He took an automatic rifle from the injured guard and opened fire on a group of sleeping soldiers. He killed six men on the spot (one staff sergeant and five privates). One more later died as a result of his wounds. After that, he committed suicide.[4] The military police investigation found on his left arm a tattoo with a date "3 June 1993" and Satanic symbols in his home. It was discovered that he was a member of a Satanist religious cult called Loša vera (Serbian for "Bad religion").[5]

Meneder was member of the Hungarian ethnic minority.[3]