Leva Supoderica

Leva Supoderica (Serbian Cyrillic: Лева Суподерица) was a Serbian paramilitary unit and Party militia formed in 1991, originally under the wing of the Serbian Radical Party.^[1] the unit was incorporated into the 1st Guards Mechanised Brigade of the Yugoslav People's Army.^[2] Leva Supoderica was active in Croatia, commanded by the war criminal Milan "Kameni" Lančužanin during the Battle of Vukovar^[3] in the aftermath of the battle, Leva Supoderica were one of many perpetrators in the Vukovar massacre, the unit also guarded the Ovčara camp.^{[4][better source needed]}

Leva Supoderica
Лева Суподерица
Active	August 1991 - December 1991
Country	Serbia
Allegiance	Serbian Radical Party
Branch	Yugoslav People’s Army
Type	Paramilitary
Role	Reconnaissance Urban Warfare Close-quarters combat Counterinsurgency
Engagements	Yugoslav Wars Croatian War of Independence Battle of Vukovar Vukovar massacre
Commanders
Notable commanders	Milan Lančužanin ‘Kameni’

War crimes

In 2017, a couple of members of the Leva Supoderica unit were convicted for the deaths of more than 200 Croatian civilians at the Ovčara camp.^[5]

The Leva Supoderica unit along with the Vukovar Territorial Defense (TO) tortured around 20 Croatian prisoners that had been sent to the Ovčara camp. Once the Yugoslav People’s Army withdrew to relieve the besieged barracks and other reasons, the Leva Supoderica unit and the Vukovar TO detained the Croatian prisoners and led them to a mass grave, where 10-20 were killed between 20 and 21 November 1991.^[6][7]

See also

• White Eagles
• Vojislav Šešelj