BELGRADE, March 18 (Hina) - Serbian special police forces, in the presence of government officials, on Monday evening sealed the premises of the Identitet weekly in Belgrade, and the publishing of this newspaper will not be allowed as
long as a state of emergency is in effect in Serbia, a Belgrade-based daily reported last night.
BELGRADE, March 18 (Hina) - Serbian special police forces, in the
presence of government officials, on Monday evening sealed the
premises of the Identitet weekly in Belgrade, and the publishing of
this newspaper will not be allowed as long as a state of emergency is
in effect in Serbia, a Belgrade-based daily reported last night.
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According to Tuesday's issue of the daily "Danas" and other
sources, the editorial staff of "Identitet" was financed by funds
ensured by Milorad Lukovic alias Legija, the prime suspect in the
assassination of Serbian Premier Zoran Djindjic.
Late last Tuesday (March 12), on the eve of Djindjic's murder
Identitet published alleged transcripts which were provided by
Serb radical leader Vojislav Seselj, currently detained in The
Hague by the UN war crimes tribunal. According to the paper, the
detainee Seselj left the transcripts to the editorial board to
publish it. The front-page of that issue of Identitet read
"Djindjic - the target of a maverick, the Hague Serbs ordered the
assassination."
According to the media, the weekly's editor-in-chief, Gradisa
Katic, and his deputy Slobodan Jovanovic were brought in by police
in the wake of Djindjic's assassination.
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