Branka Đukić

Branka Đukić (Бранка Ђукић; 4 September 1956 – 9 February 1975) was an eighteen-year-old Serb girl who in 1975 shot dead by two local Albanians after they tried to rape her.

The case attracted a lot of public attention and caused great controversy in Yugoslav society.

During the trial, Branka's father, Rade Đukić, shot one of the two defendants for his daughter's murder with a pistol.

Branka Đukić was born in 1956 in the village of Meteh, in the municipality of Plav.

She completed primary school in Meteh, and completed three years of high school in Plav.

After her third year, after she was allegedly sexually harassed by a professor at school, and she decided to transfer to the gymnasium in Peć.

She left to enroll in the Peć Gymnasium.

On her way back from Peć, after alighting at the last station and continuing on foot over the Čakor mountain, she was intercepted by two Albanians who attempted to rape her at gunpoint.

When she resisted, one of the men fired a gun, and she died instantly.

Her body was later discovered by her father, Rade Đukić.

The police investigation determined that the perpetrators were two Albanian youths from the village of Gornji Streoc, near Peć.

The trial for Branka's murderers took place at the District Court in Bijelo Polje.

The court found the primary perpetrator guilty, sentencing him to 15 years in prison, while his accomplice received a 13.5-year sentence.

On the last day of the trial, Branka's father, Rade Đukić, fired a gun, killing one of the defendants.

The case garnered significant public and media attention.

A petition calling for the release of Rade Đukić collected 75,000 signatures.

Rade Đukić was later sentenced to 8 years for his retaliatory act.

At his trial, he was represented pro bono by lawyer Veljko Guberina.

Subsequently, the Supreme Court of Montenegro reduced his sentence to 5 years.