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Đorđe Martinović
Serbian farmer · Serbia · On the map · Lived 1928 to 2000 · aged 72
Đorđe Martinović was a Serb farmer from Kosovo who was at the center of a notorious incident in May 1985, when he was treated for injuries caused by the insertion of a glass bottle into his anus. The "Martinović affair", as it became known, turned into a cause célèbre in Yugoslav politics.
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Although the facts of the incident remained in dispute for years afterwards, it played a role in worsening ethnic tensions between Kosovo's Serb and Albanian populations.
Country
Serbia
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2000 · aged 72