on 3 september 1987, kelmendi's mother and father came to paraćin to visit their son. that morning, kelmendi broke into a firearm cabinet and stole ten 7.62 mm bullets. he loaded these into his military-issued automatic weapon and went from the living facilities to a guard post. according to the jna inquiry, kelmendi threatened to kill the watchman, corporal riza alibašić, and took two rounds of ammunition from him. pointing his weapon at alibašić, kelmendi took the corporal back to the living facility and demanded to know where dudaković slept. when alibašić refused to answer, kelmendi told him to step aside and went into the sleeping quarters. there, he shot and killed the sleeping dudaković before killing srđan simić and goran begić and wounding two other soldiers. he went into the adjacent sleeping quarters and fired randomly at the soldiers there, killing hasim dženanović and wounding two others. kelmendi then fled the barracks. he was found dead away and his death was later declared a suicide. a total of four soldiers were killed and five were wounded in the shooting. two of those killed were bosniaks, one was a serb, and one was half-slovene and half-croat.