“Đinđić murder suspects known prior to assassination”

Srdja Popovic said police had photographs of the suspects in question at the time of the late PM’s murder. The Djindjic family lawyer said that the suspects were already known at the time of the murder because of the failed assassination attempt in front of the Belgrade Limes Arena two weeks previously. “Djindjic murder suspects known prior to assassination” In an interview with daily Danas, Popovic said that was the reason why police had published the list of suspects after the March 12, 2003 assassination. “After the attempted assassination at the Limes Arena on February 21, 2003, it became unclear whether the police, while Dejan Milenkovic, aka Bugsy, was still in prison or had already been released, had confirmed the ties that were operating in that region at that time by looking at the base stations. Police realized that it was an assassination and that the Zemun clan was involved,” the lawyer said. He explained that a second truck had been found that had been bought by the same person that had bought Milenkovic’s, and that police had realized that these two trucks were supposed to participate in the assassination attempt on Djindjic together. “They knew who Bugsy was. At that time, Ljubisa Buha was giving evidence from outside the country to special prosecutor Jovan Prijic. The Anti-Organized Crime Committee (UBPOK) was made aware of Buha’s testimony,” Popovic said. He said that Buha had given detailed information about the decision being made to kill Djindjic, who had made the decision, and whether Milorad Ulemek, Dusan Spasojevic and the Zemun clan were involved. “On the night of March 11-12, 2003, prosecutor Prijic arrived in Belgrade with a signed statement from Buha, which could have been used, as it was, in court,” said Popovic. Asked whether the request for an investigation into Vladimir Popovic and other unnamed ministers from Djindjic’s cabinet was an attempt to pressure the Supreme Court before appeals on the ruling in the Djindjic murder trial were due to be considered, Popovic said that he did not think that it could have any effect. Radio Television Serbia Director Aleksandar Tijanic submitted a request on March 16 to the organized crime prosecution for an immediate investigation to be launched against Vladimir Popovic, ministers from 2003, and then officials of the Interior Ministry and State Security. In the request, which was given to the media, Tijanic stated that on the fifth anniversary of Djindjic’s death, RTS would show a documentary film about the assassination in which witnesses claim that Popovic, just hours after the murder and before an investigation had even begun, had given a complete list of participators in the assassination with their photographs, names, and personal information to RTS, asking for the station to broadcast it in series of news bulletins.

“Đinđić murder suspects known prior to assassination”

In an interview with daily Danas, Popović said that was the reason why police had published the list of suspects after the March 12, 2003 assassination.

“After the attempted assassination at the Limes Arena on February 21, 2003, it became unclear whether the police, while Dejan Milenković, aka Bugsy, was still in prison or had already been released, had confirmed the ties that were operating in that region at that time by looking at the base stations. Police realized that it was an assassination and that the Zemun clan was involved,” the lawyer said.

He explained that a second truck had been found that had been bought by the same person that had bought Milenković’s, and that police had realized that these two trucks were supposed to participate in the assassination attempt on Đinđić together.

“They knew who Bugsy was. At that time, Ljubiša Buha was giving evidence from outside the country to special prosecutor Jovan Prijić. The Anti-Organized Crime Committee (UBPOK) was made aware of Buha’s testimony,” Popović said.

He said that Buha had given detailed information about the decision being made to kill Đinđić, who had made the decision, and whether Milorad Ulemek, Dušan Spasojević and the Zemun clan were involved.

“On the night of March 11-12, 2003, prosecutor Prijić arrived in Belgrade with a signed statement from Buha, which could have been used, as it was, in court,” said Popović.

Asked whether the request for an investigation into Vladimir Popović and other unnamed ministers from Đinđić’s cabinet was an attempt to pressure the Supreme Court before appeals on the ruling in the Đinđić murder trial were due to be considered, Popović said that he did not think that it could have any effect.

Radio Television Serbia Director Aleksandar Tijanić submitted a request on March 16 to the organized crime prosecution for an immediate investigation to be launched against Vladimir Popović, ministers from 2003, and then officials of the Interior Ministry and State Security.

In the request, which was given to the media, Tijanić stated that on the fifth anniversary of Đinđić’s death, RTS would show a documentary film about the assassination in which witnesses claim that Popović, just hours after the murder and before an investigation had even begun, had given a complete list of participators in the assassination with their photographs, names, and personal information to RTS, asking for the station to broadcast it in series of news bulletins.