Serb authorities say Djindjic murder solved
The late Serbian Prime Minister, Zoran Djindjic
Serbian Interior Minister Dusan Mihajlovic
BELGRADE (AFP) The Serbian government claimed it had solved the murder of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, as hundreds joined a memorial service for the reformist leader who was gunned down last month.
"We know who ordered, organized and
carried out the assassination of the Prime Minister," Serbian
Interior Minister Dusan Mihajlovic told the Vecernje Novosti newspaper.
He said the authorities had identified 12 people who took part in the assassination of Djindjic and who would be tried. "We have the assassin and other participants' confessions and all other evidence," Mihajlovic said.
Serb authorities blame a criminal gang called Zemun for the killing of Djindjic, who was killed in broad daylight at a government building in Belgrade on 12 March.
The top suspect is Zvezdan Jovanovic, deputy commander of the now-disbanded elite police Unit for Special Operations (JSO), who was arrested on 25 March on suspicion of shooting the Prime Minister.