Witness killed during Serbian assassination trial
A witness to the assassination of Serbia’s prime minister was shot to death last week, a Belgrade court judge confirmed Tuesday. Judge Maja Kovacevic of the Special Court in Belgrade said that Kujo Krijestorac, 51, died March 1 after he was shot near his home with a silencer-equipped gun. The judge did not say why Krijestorac’s killing had not been reported earlier. The Belgrade entrepreneur was scheduled to be a key witness in the trial of 13 men accused of assassinating then-prime minister Zoran Djindjic in March 2003. Kovacevic is a judge in the high-profile court cast. Full Story