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  • Suspect in killing of Serbian prime minister arrested

    03/25/2003 9:52:03 AM PST · by HAL9000 · 4 replies · 168+ views
    Associated Press | March 25, 2003 | Dusan Stojanovic
    BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro (AP) The suspected sniper who killed Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic two weeks ago has been arrested, the slain premier's successor said Tuesday. Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic identified the suspect in custody as Zvezdan Jovanovic, a former deputy commander of an elite unit of police troops under former President Slobodan Milosevic. Zivkovic said police found a German-made sniper rifle suspected of being the murder weapon. Another man, identified as Sasa Pejakovic, was arrested for allegedly aiding the sniper during the killing, he said. Djindjic, Serbia's leading pro-Western politician, was killed by a sniper March 12 as he...