TheKolašin Affair (Serbian:Колашинска афера) was a rebellion in theMontenegrin military against the dictatorship of the Prince of Montenegro,Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš, that broke out in 1909. It followed the failedBombaš Affair (Бомбашка афера), a conspiracy organized in 1907 by a group of Montenegrin students connected to theBlack Hand to break the Montenegrin government through terrorist attacks (with bombs, hence "Bombaši"), and ultimately unite Montenegro with Serbia, that was detected and led to numerous arrests in 1908. In the same year, a secret organization of Montenegrin politicians and political emigrees in Belgrade in opposition to Nikola I was formed. The organization's statute said that Nikola I was to be killed. The organization planned to free theBombaši and change Tomanović's reactionary regime. The organization had important subsidiaries inVasojevići,Kuči andBratonožići, and allegedly had 1,000 members. It was detected by the Montenegrin police and led to the imprisonment and death sentences of the conspirators. The two affairs led to deteriorating bilateral relations between Montenegro and Serbia.
Ljubomir Vuksanović was one of the participants in this affair. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison, but he managed to escape from the prison.[1]
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