Jovan Vukotic

Jovan Vukotic, the head of the Skaljari drug gang, one of Serbia's most notorious, has been killed in an armed attack in Istanbul.

Vukotic was killed by an assassin on a motorcycle while he was sitting in a car with his wife and daughter.

Police await official confirmation of reports on Thursday that Jovan Vukotic, the alleged head of the notorious Skaljari drug gang, was killed in Turkey.