Serbian prime minister assassinated
Zoran Djindjic, prime minister of Serbia, was hit twice by shots from a sniper rifle outside his government offices in Belgrade and died of his wounds. Djindjic was instrumental in oustin Milocovic from power and installing democracy to the former Yugoslavia and Serbia. In the democratication process he made a number of powerful enemies. On Feb 21 a lorry tried to intercept his motorcade in what was described as an assassination attempt.
This is a serious crisis for the fragile new democracy of Serbia.