Editor of opposition paper shot dead in Montenegro

[CShine]

The editor-in-chief of an opposition daily newspaper in Montenegro died yesterday after being shot. Dusko Jovanovic, 40, was sprayed with bullets from an automatic rifle as got into his car in front of the offices of the Podgorica daily, Dan (The Day) about midnight on Thursday. The killers fled in a dark-coloured car.

The Dan is known for its sharp criticism of the ruling coalition in Montenegro, headed by Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic. In 2001, Dan was the first local paper to reprint a series of articles from the Croatian pressdetailing cigarette smuggling in Montenegro. The newspaper revealed the names, firms abroad and methods of money laundering for Mr Djukanovic.

Another blow from the paper came in November 2002, when the human trafficking affair exploded in Montenegro. Dan published minutes from the investigation, the story told by a trafficked Moldova woman named Svetlana S.

She accused a number of leading officials in Montenegro of exploiting her as a sex slave. Among them were the state prosecutor and one of his deputies, known to be close to Mr Djukanovic.

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=526015

[Vladimir]

1. From B92

http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?&nav_category=&nav_id=28537&order=priority&style=headlines

PODGORICA -- Friday – The director and editor-in-chief of Podgorica daily Dan, Dusko Jovanovic, was murdered last night in Podgorica.

A number of possible suspects have been arrested and are being interrogated. Investigating magistrate Radomir Ivanovic told media that more information will be released during the course of today.

B92’s Podgorica correspondent reports that there is still no concrete information on who killed Jovanovic and no police statement has been released.

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