BELGRADE, March 15 (Hina) - Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic was shot from a distance of 182 metres from a 7.62-mm rifle, reads an article by an arms expert and associate of the Serbian Interior Ministry, Branko Bogdanovic,
published in Saturday's issue of "Politika" daily.
BELGRADE, March 15 (Hina) - Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic
was shot from a distance of 182 metres from a 7.62-mm rifle, reads an
article by an arms expert and associate of the Serbian Interior
Ministry, Branko Bogdanovic, published in Saturday's issue of
"Politika" daily. #L#
"The very choice of the sniper rifle indicates a professional. It is
known that police snipers operate mostly from distances of up to 100
metres, using 5.56-mm weapons. However, the distance from which the
assassin was shooting resembles more military standards, when more
powerful weapons are required," said Bogdanovic, who thinks the
assassin was shooting from a prop, from inside a room on the second
floor of the building in 14 Admiral Geprat Street, which muffled the
shot and made it difficult at first to establish where it had come
from.
Bogdanovic stressed that there was as yet no information on which
weapon was used because 7.62-mm ammunition was used in many
rifles.
"Several other facts indicate that the assassination was carried
out by professionals, with strong logistic support. The sniper may
have spent the night before the murder in the room from where he was
shooting so as not to cause suspicion among people in the building.
It is also possible that he acted upon orders by the commander of the
operation, who had been supervising the situation and decided when
action should be taken. This is indicated by a roll of cable wire
which the assassins, according to media reports, took with them,"
Bogdanovic said.
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