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Article: Assassination stuns Serbia; Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic pushed hard to oust Milosevic and bring democratic change.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 13, 2003
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Byline: Peter Ford Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
PARIS -- Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, a key leader of the revolt that overthrew Slobodan Milosevic, was assassinated in Belgrade Wednesday, throwing the country into a fresh political crisis amid bitter complaints about the power wielded by criminal overlords.
Mr. Djindjic, an enthusastically pro-Western leader, was shot dead as he entered government headquarters. Police said they had arrested two men in connection with the killing, but they were not sure they were the gunmen.
The future of democratic reforms was uncertain following the prime minister's death.
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