The group's secretary, Vesna Gojkovic, claimed that Sljivancanin was not in the building, and that the apartment was occupied "only by his 23-year-old daughter and a child".Police later confirmed that family members were in the apartment, adding that this was one of the reasons why the operation lasted as long as it did.
Sekretar udruženja Vesna Gojković tvrdila je da se Šljivančanin ne nalazi u zgradi i da su u stanu «samo njegova dvadesetrogodisnja ćerka i jedno dete». Policija je kasnije potvrdila da su članovi porodice bili u stanu, dodajući da je to jedan od razloga zašto je operacija trajala tako dugo.