Anniversary of assassination of Zoran Djindjic marked

Family, friends, party colleagues and citizens paid homage to Zoran Djindjic over the weekend, assassinated on March 12, 2003 while serving as prime minister.

Izvor: Beta

Monday, 14.03.2016.

09:11

Anniversary of assassination of Zoran Djindjic marked
(Tanjug)

Anniversary of assassination of Zoran Djindjic marked

The widow of the late prime minister, Ruzica Djindjic, laid flowers at his grave together with their son Luka.

Democratic Party President (DS) Bojan Pajtic and party officials also honored the memory of Djindjic, who was DS leader at the time of his death.

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Social Democratic Party (SDS) took on Saturday a traditional "Walk for Zoran" to the Serbian government building where they laid wreaths and lit candles in memory of Zoran Djindjic.

The LDP and SDS leaders, Cedomir Jovanovic and Boris Tadic respectively, led the column of walkers.

"Zoran's idea was an idea of life. He had energy, courage. His fight was a fight for life, and if we give up on this, there will no future for this country,“ Tadic said.

The current cabinet headed by Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vucic, also laid wreaths below the memorial plaque at the Serbian government building, marking the place where Djindjic was assassinated, Beta agency reported.

Milorad Ulemek, former commander of a special police unit called Red Berets, was sentenced to 40 years in jail for masterminding the Djindjic assassination. Zvezdan Jovanovic, the assassin and Ulemek's deputy in the unit, received the same sentence. The political background of the murder is still unclear, the agency said in its report.

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