A memorial service was held in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, on the 20th anniversary of the death of former Prime Minister Zoran Dindić, who lost his life as a result of an armed attack.
Prime Minister Ana Brnabić also attended the ceremony, which took place in front of the Prime Minister’s building in the capital, on the monument to Dejnjić, who was shot dead by a sniper on March 12, 2003, at the place where he died.
Barnabec and his entourage laid a wreath at the monument and stood in silence.
The secret behind Djindjic’s death remains unsolved
Zoran Djindic was born in 1952 in Bosanski Samac, northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Djindic graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade and completed his PhD in Germany.
Dindić served as Mayor of Belgrade for a short time in 1997, and as Prime Minister from 2001 until 2003, when he was assassinated. Dindić, who was shot dead by a sniper on March 12, 2003 in front of the Prime Ministry building, is also known as one of the leaders of the demonstrations that ended Slobodan Milosevic’s rule in Serbia.
In a statement issued after the assassination, the Serbian government blamed the Belgrade-based organized crime group known as the “Zemun Gang” for Djindjic’s death. While declaring a state of emergency in the country immediately after the assassination, hundreds of people were detained in operations carried out by the police against organized crime gangs for a period of 45 days.
Trials of the alleged perpetrators and instigators of the Djindjic assassination began on December 22, 2003. Among the main defendants were Milorad Olenmayer, who commanded the Red Berets of a special police unit that served in the wars in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo in the 1990s, and Dejan Milinković, a senior member of the Zemun Clan.
The case before the Belgrade Court was concluded on 23 May 2007. The defendants were sentenced to 378 years’ imprisonment. Although the perpetrators of the assassination were caught, the secret behind Djindic’s death remains unsolved.
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