Memorial service for Djindjic, EU silence, vox pops, tributes

Описание: (13 Mar 2003)
APTN
Belgrade, Serbia
1. Various of candles in front of government building where assassination took place
2. Close up flowers with message in Serbian reading: " I have a three kids, you were like father to them. What are we going to do on our own now?"
3. Various of newspaper headlines reporting the assassination and pictures of Djindjic
4. Close up 'Nacional' newspaper headline reading 'Djindjic killed by Legija'
5. Newspaper with stills of members of so called 'Zemun gang'
6. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Voxpop:
"Terrible thing. It shouldn't happen."
7. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Voxpop:
"What I am expecting from the government is to finally sort out the problem of organised crime in Belgrade."
9. Various of forensic institute in Belgrade where it is believed Djindjic's body is being held awaiting autopsy
Belgrade, File
10. Various of main suspect Milorad Lukovic, know as "Legija", in military uniform
RTS
11. Various of commemorative session of the Serbian parliament
12. Various of members of parliament observing a minute of silence
EbS
Strasbourg, France
13. Various of the European Parliament in session
14. Various of members of the European Parliament observing a minute of silence
Belgrade, File
15. Various of main suspect Milorad Lukovic, know as "Legija", in military uniform
STORYLINE:
Security remains high in Serbia on Thursday following the assassination of its prime minister, Zoran Djindjic, a day earlier.
Grief-stricken Serbians continue to lay flowers at the steps of the government building outside which he was shot by two sniper's bullets.
Police on Thursday arrested several members of a shadowy underworld network they accuse of assassinating Serbia's prime minister, a pro-Western leader who made enemies by pushing for the arrest of mobsters and war crimes suspects.
Zarko Korac, Serbia's deputy prime minister, said that "although several arrests were made, many of the suspects are still in hiding and have gone underground."
A government-imposed state of emergency, which curtailed some civil liberties, took effect Thursday, a day after snipers killed Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic in downtown Belgrade as he stepped out of his armoured car en route to meetings at a government building.
The army's top body, the Supreme Defense Council, raised the level of combat readiness and instructed the military to assist the police in the search for the assassins.
A statement late Wednesday by the Serbian Cabinet blamed Milorad Lukovic, a warlord loyal to former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, and an underworld network known as the "Zemun Clan" after a Belgrade suburb, for allegedly organizing the killing.
"Their aim was to trigger fear, lawlessness and chaos in the country," the statement said.
"The assassination ... was an attempt by this group to crush the fight against organized crime and help its individual members evade arrest."
Korac did not specify who was arrested, but indicated Lukovic was not among the suspects in custody.
"Djindjic assassinated by the Zemun Clan," Belgrade newspapers headlined Thursday over photographs of known members of the Serbian underworld and pictures of their arrest warrants.
The more infamous mob leaders include Dejan Milenkovic, known as "Bugsy;" Mile Lukovic, known as "Godfather;" Vladimir Milisavljevic, whose alias is "Idiot;" and Mladjan Micic, nicknamed "Rat."
Police established checkpoints throughout Belgrade, and officers armed with assault rifles searched cars and drivers.
There were fears that the volatile Balkan country could plunge into violence in a possible power struggle for Djindjic's successor.

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