Twelve Found Guilty of Djindjic Murder

World | May 23, 2007, Wednesday // 00:00

A Serbian court has found 12 men guilty of the 2003 assassination of the pro-Western Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic in Belgrade, BBC reported.

All the defendants, who include members of the secret police and alleged mafia kingpins, had denied the charges.

Two former policemen - Milorad "Legija" Ulemek and Zvezdan Jovanovic - received 40-year jail terms.

The prosecution argued Djindjic was killed to block his reforms, including the extradition of war crimes suspects.

The trial was the first at Belgrade's Special Court for Organised Crime.

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