Serbian primeminister assassinated

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</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Sgt. Milkman @ Mar. 16 2003,16:46)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Looks like a very serious step backwards in the rebuilding of Serbia and the surrounding Baltic Countrys.

I hope the guy replacing Djinjic isn't another Milosevik.<span id='postcolor'>

That would be the "Balkan" countries and "Milosevic"

Edit: and "Djindjic"

[brgnorway 0]

The killer is said to be on his way to Norway - and the police are looking for him.

(sorry - the link is in norwegian)

http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article.jhtml?articleID=509658

[ralphwiggum 6]

I agree.

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I think this is the biggest public tribute since Princess Diana's funeral.

let's hope that the criminal is caught and punished to the fullest extent.

[theavonlady 2]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (RalphWiggum @ Mar. 16 2003,20:16)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">let's hope that the criminal is caught and punished to the fullest extent. <span id='postcolor'>

BANG!

[ralphwiggum 6]

Although this thread is more than a year old, I think revisiting is ok since this news just came in.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3679221.stm

Quote[/b] ]The alleged mastermind of the murder of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic has surrendered to Serbian police.

Milorad "Legija" Lukovic surrendered in Belgrade on Sunday night and was immediately arrested, said Serbian Interior Minister Dragan Jocic.

He had been on the run since Mr Djindjic was shot dead by a sniper on a Belgrade street on 12 March 2003.

Mr Lukovic is being tried in absentia over the killing, along with 12 other suspects. Some remain at large.

"Legija showed up in front of his house in Belgrade and told policemen guarding the house that he wanted to surrender," said Miroslav Milosevic, Serbia's public security chief.

Mr Lukovic, 39, was formerly a senior figure in a feared Serbian special forces unit, the GSA or Red Berets. He got his nickname Legija from a spell in the French Foreign Legion.

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The alleged sniper is in custody and currently on trial over the killing. Zvezdan Jovanovic has already confessed to Mr Djindjic's assassination but his lawyers say the confession was made under duress.

Serbia-Montenegrin Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic, who survived an assassination attempt himself, said after news of Sunday's surrender that he was "very glad" and hoped the arrest would help solve crimes committed in recent history.

"I hope that he will tell all about the crimes, who exactly committed them and who ordered them," he said.

"Families of the victims need truth and accountability."

[Radnik 18]

...it is some kinda scenario, i'm not shure he just surrender like that, it must be a some trap or idea of his former unit JSO...i mean, he is the most wanted man in Serba  

[ralphwiggum 6]

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http://www.cnn.com/2004....ex.html

Quote[/b] ]ATHENS, Greece (Reuters) -- Greece will extradite to Serbia a primary suspect in last year's killing of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, the Athens News Agency reported on Monday.

Suspect Dejan Milenkovic, 34, was arrested in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki in July.

Serbian authorities regard him as a key member of the mafia-style Zemun gang thought to be behind the assassination of Djindjic, who was killed by a sniper outside Serbian government headquarters in March 2003.

A legal appeals panel in Thessaloniki issued its extradition ruling on Monday. Milenkovic, who was present at the hearing, gave his consent, but "feared for his life," his lawyer was quoted as saying by the semi-official news agency.

It was not immediately clear when Milenkovic would be extradited. A spokesman for the Embassy of Serbia and Montenegro in Athens confirmed that an official extradition request had been made by Belgrade.

In total, 13 people are accused of involvement in the murder of Djindjic, a leading Serbian reformer who played a crucial role in toppling strongman Slobodan Milosevic as Yugoslav president in 2000 after a decade of devastating wars in the Balkans.

The main suspect to the murder, former Milosevic-era special police commander Milorad "Legija" Lucovic, surrendered in May after more than a year on the run. He has denied the charges.

Djindjic, 50, had infuriated nationalists for sending Milosevic to the U.N. war crimes tribunal at The Hague where he is now on trial for genocide and crimes against humanity.