JSO mutiny probe "almost complete"

The political background of the murder of PM Zoran Đinđić is investigated by the Special Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime.

Izvor: Politika

Tuesday, 04.01.2011.

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The political background of the murder of PM Zoran Djindjic is investigated by the Special Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime. It has almost completed a pre-trial proceeding on the mutiny staged by the Special Operations Unit (JSO) in November 2001, Special Prosecutor Miljko Radisavljevic has stated, adding that the Prosecutor's Office will soon deliver a criminal justice assessment of the JSO mutiny. JSO mutiny probe "almost complete" “At this stage of the proceeding, all involved persons will be interrogated. Some of them may be identified as suspects if the prosecution decides that a request for investigation should be filed,” Radisavljevic stated in an interview for the Belgrade-based daily Politika. “The new information we have acquired stress the need for a new analysis of the security system of the government's building which, according to a report by a special commission, did not function properly. We would like to determine the reason of malfunctioning, and whether that had any impact on the very act of assassination of the prime minister,” Radisavljevic underscored. He underlined that the role of the Prosecutor's Office is not only to launch a proceeding, but also “to realize and successfully complete all criminal proceedings.” The JSO mutiny lasted from November 9-17 and it was staged at the JSO headquarters in Kula, northern Serbia, and Vrbas-Belgrade highway. The mutiny was allegedly triggered by the arrest of International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictees the Banovic brothers. The result of the rebellion, carried out with assistance of the Zemun gang, was toppling of some the key persons in the Serbian Service of State Security. The unit was finally disbanded in March 2003, after the Prime Minister of Serbia Zoran Djindjic was assassinated on March 12 upon a conspiracy in which some of the JSO members took part.

JSO mutiny probe "almost complete"

“At this stage of the proceeding, all involved persons will be interrogated. Some of them may be identified as suspects if the prosecution decides that a request for investigation should be filed,” Radisavljević stated in an interview for the Belgrade-based daily Politika.

“The new information we have acquired stress the need for a new analysis of the security system of the government's building which, according to a report by a special commission, did not function properly. We would like to determine the reason of malfunctioning, and whether that had any impact on the very act of assassination of the prime minister,” Radisavljević underscored.

He underlined that the role of the Prosecutor's Office is not only to launch a proceeding, but also “to realize and successfully complete all criminal proceedings.”

The JSO mutiny lasted from November 9-17 and it was staged at the JSO headquarters in Kula, northern Serbia, and Vrbas-Belgrade highway. The mutiny was allegedly triggered by the arrest of International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictees the Banovic brothers.

The result of the rebellion, carried out with assistance of the Zemun gang, was toppling of some the key persons in the Serbian Service of State Security. The unit was finally disbanded in March 2003, after the Prime Minister of Serbia Zoran Đinđić was assassinated on March 12 upon a conspiracy in which some of the JSO members took part.

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