4um: Protests in St. Louis after teens ‘bash man to death’ with hammers

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Zemir Begic, 32, was driving around at 1:15 a.m. in the city’s Bevo Mill neighborhood when at least three juveniles approached his vehicle and began wailing on it with hammers, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

The driver, a Bosnian immigrant, got out of the car to confront the assailants, who started yelling at him and pummeling him with the hammers, cops said. After the vicious onslaught was over, Begic — who had only been living in St. Louis for a year — was left battered and broken with injuries to his head, face, mouth and abdomen.

He later died at St. Louis University Hospital, according to the Dispatch.

Hammer attack victim Zemir Begic with his wife, ArijanaPhoto: Jennifer Elizabeth via GoFundMe

A 15-year-old and a 16-year-old male were both in police custody Sunday evening as investigators worked to determine a motive, the Dispatch reports. Police said they also know the name of a third suspect and now believe that a fourth was involved as well.

St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said Begic’s killing did not appear to be motivated by race or ethnicity.

“There is no indication that the gentleman last night was targeted because he was Bosnian,” he said. “There’s no indication that they knew each other.”

Suad Nuranjkovic, 49, was riding in the passenger seat of Begic’s car at the time the unprovoked assault began. The two were on their way home from a bar when the teens bombarded them near the intersection of Gravois Avenue and Itaska Street, according to the Dispatch.

As Begic stood up to the hooligans, Nuranjkovic was able to run across the street to safety.

“I was afraid that if one of them had a gun, they were going to shoot me,” he said. “So I didn’t know what to do.”

Nuranjkovic — who is also Bosnian — has no idea why they were singled out.

“I don’t know why this is happening to Bosnians,” he said. “We could go around and shoot people, too, but we just want peace.”

Outraged Bosnians took to the streets Sunday night to voice their grievances over Begic’s murder and also bring attention to other recent aggressive acts aimed at their people — including the 2013 fatal shooting of a 19-year-old immigrant in Bevo Mill, according to the Dispatch.

Demonstrators, including Begic’s sister Denisa, marched to the location of the heinous hammer attack and called for more to be done to protect the Bosnian community from violence.

“I hope justice is served for my brother because he didn’t deserve this at all,” Denisa said. “I don’t know what to think of it. It’s so wrong what they did.”

that is very sad and a shame that the guy acted so irrationally in the event of a hammer attack. he shoudlve gotten out only if he were armed or he should have floored it.

even my young female family members in the aftermath of the ferguson non indictment. they told me that the news showed there may be riots and that blacks were blocking the LA freeways. I told them that if they were menaced or surrounded by blacks to floor it and get away. that is the only sane move. and I recounted stories of the Rodney king riots in LA after I had watched Reginald denny get his brain bashed in on national tv. incredible, ill never forget it. & still mention it any time things of this sort happen again. only an idiot would 'play around' at a time like this.

The victim in this case wasn't the 'mean one,' he was irrational and crazy, moronic, to get out of a car when three niggers with hammers were attacking him.

I hope cynicom doesn't teach his kin to do stupid, retarded, insane shit like that.

anyone who would even ever consider doing something so crazy has no street smarts. and that is sad.

there is a time for meekness and a time for battle. in the middle of a nigger riot, meekness is not an option.

He was no doubt conditioned to see "black youths" as humble-yet-oppressed waifs in the street. Such is the poison of political correctness.

It sickens a sane person, to read the length to which a white guilter will go to continue their own path of hatred.

'There is no indication that the gentleman last night was targeted because he was Bosnian,' (police spokesman) Dotson said. 'There’s no indication that they knew each other.'

Who are they fooling? How can those niggers know he is "Bosnian"? The apes saw a White man: that makes it open season. Cops are looking for a motive? Well why don't they go in plainclothes through a ghetto and they will find the motive, either through a gang beating or getting stabbed or shot.

The motive is simple: he was White and they are niggers. The 'hispanic' thing is also crap. Probably lighter skinned niggers. Do hispanics run around with niggers in the America? It is just a deflection to make it look as if isn't more nigger thuggery.

No, he shouldn't have run and left his wife. He shouldn't have gotten out of the car at all. He should have floored it as Obnoxicated wrote up the thread. Very sad that he didn't realize the danger of leaving the safety of his car when being attacked by hammer wielding sociopaths.

Ahhhhhh! Sanity. Never underestimate the effectiveness of the 4000 pound weapon you're driving.

I'm thinking his reaction was sane for a Bosnian who hasn't been warned about the threat our Black brothers hold. There should be warning booklets handed out as Caucasian immigrants enter America, but that would be racist. And speaking of racism, it's astounding to me how the victim is being held at fault for his own murder but such is life here, in December, 2014.

I don't think anyone is blaming him. At least that's not my perception. It's tragic that the man apparently thought that he could stop the 3 violent monsters with hammers by himself.

It isn't so much that he thought he could stop them, it's more that some men react spontaneously to danger (beta males need not apply). Some men run into a fire, some run away. Some protect their property & loved ones. Some drop everything and flee. As you know I love boxing and Bosnians are making a big splash in what remains of the sport. They show a fierce spirit and what this kid doesn't shock me having watched many fight to the last punch.

I've also come to realize over the course of my lifetime that anyone who tells you what they would do in the face of eminent danger, is basically clueless. When adrenaline kicks in our actions become unknown - fight or flight in real time. I find it heartless how some people know both what they would do and how this kid should have behaved. Sad stuff.

Damned straight...You got this one right, sadly too many people here do not really understand how they would react to a danger stimulus.

The instinct to protect and survive cannot be weighed nor measured until the time arrives.

All the training, drilling, practicing, reading, studying, testing....it all goes out the window when the SHTF. At least that has been my experience.

When one realizes they may die in the next two or three minutes, the adrenalin flows, MENTAL CLARITY SETS IN...there is no equivocation, strength is doubled, action taken.

Ya' know, it wouldn't have been the first time I've seen coons scatter when confronted by one pissed off White man. This kid reacted, got unlucky and now second guessed. Oh well, it's all about diversity of thought (urp).

It's no wonder White American males accept affirmative action, laugh as they are characterized as morons on TeeVee, and sit back as their jobs are outsources by lying politicians.

And some don't even get a chance to react. They just get dragged from their cars and are beaten to death with hammers.

You'll remember these two. In the wake of now mainstream talking head Al Sharpton's hate-filled rabble rousing and incendiary incitement following the non-arrest of George Zimmerman, these apes carjacked a Sanford, Florida white man, Mark Slavin, repeatedly bashed Slavin’s head, face and body with a hammer, causing damage to 75% of his skull. The 50 year old victim also suffered a broken arm, a broken hand, a broken jaw, and caaught pneumonia while on life support.

You won't find a picture of Mark Slavin on the internet, or anywhere else for that matter. His family was so afraid of publicity and the cockroaches that it might attract out of the woodwork that they managed to keep his photograph out of the papers.

No national figures publically grieved for this man. We never even learned of his death until long, long after it happened, Mr. Slavin having lingered on for weeks in an Orlando ICU before succumbing to his injuries. It took some digging to find out that information because the family wanted that kept quiet too. You have to have a load of sympathy for them. Your heart goes out to them and the victim. He must have suffered terribly before he died.

It took some digging too to find out what happened to the waste of space known as Julius Bender and Yahaziel Israel. It took two and a half years for the Florida courts to adjudicate these two. The one on the right, who looks like he ain't all there got 20 years. My grandma would say he came out about "half- cooked." The other murderer, the one that looks like he might be able to reliably spell his name got 25. Both were ordered to pay $18,000 in restitution, for what that's worth.

Strange things happen when the likes of Alfred Charles Sharpton, Jr. comes to town.

Anyway, this case bothered me no end when it occurred, and I just had to nose out what little was known about it & thought I'd share it with you all.