Zoran Djindjic (BETAPHOTO/DRAGAN GOJIC)
On March 12, Belgrade will mark 21 years of the assassination of the Serbian prime minister and Democratic Party leader, Zoran Djindjic.
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and other cabinet ministers will lay flowers at the back entrance to the Serbian government building, where Djindjic was gunned down.
Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic was assassinated on March 12, 2003. Several hours into his murder, a state of emergency was declared in Serbia. Members of the so-called Zemun Clan and the Special Operations Unit, an elite unit of the Interior Ministry also known as the Red Berets, were immediately marked as suspects in the crime.
In August 2003, an indictment was brought against 44 persons for their involvement in the organized assassination, while the trial began before the Belgrade District Court on Dec. 22 the same year. On May 23, 2007, the court found the accused guilty of the crime, sentencing them to a total of 378 years in prison.
The court ruled a 40- year jail term to Special Operations Unit commander Milorad Ulemek aka Legija and his deputy Zvezdan Jovanovic, the latter for pulling the trigger.
The political background of the Djindjic assassination remains unsolved until today.
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