{"id":30673,"date":"2026-04-11T08:41:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/?page_id=30673"},"modified":"2026-04-12T14:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:41:19","slug":"atentant-na-premijera-dindica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/en\/atentant-na-premijera-dindica\/","title":{"rendered":"ASSASSINATION OF PRIME MINISTER \u0110IN\u0110I\u0106"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The assassination of Prime Minister Zoran \u0110in\u0111i\u0107 (1952\u20132003) took place on 12 March 2003 at the entrance of the Serbian Government building. \u0110in\u0111i\u0107 served as Prime Minister of Serbia from January 2001, following the democratic changes, until the day of the assassination.<\/p>\n

The attack was carried out by a sniper shot fired from a window of the Institute for Photogrammetry building at 14 Admirala Geprata Street. Members of the Special Operations Unit (JSO), in cooperation with an organized crime group, were involved in the assassination.<\/p>\n

According to the court ruling, the motive for the assassination was to halt efforts to combat organized crime and prevent further investigations into criminal networks.<\/p>\n

In 2007, the Special Court in Belgrade found the defendants guilty and sentenced them to a total of 378 years in prison. Former JSO commander Milorad Ulemek Legija and his deputy Zvezdan Jovanovi\u0107, identified as the direct perpetrator, were each sentenced to the maximum penalty of 40 years.<\/p>\n

The assassination was preceded by several earlier attempts. In 2004, a commemorative plaque was installed at the entrance to the Serbian Government building, marking the place where \u0110in\u0111i\u0107 was shot.<\/p>\n

The plaque bears his quote:
\n\u201cIf someone thinks that removing me will stop the implementation of the law and reforms, they are gravely mistaken.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zoran \u0110in\u0111i\u0107 was born in 1952 in Bosanski \u0160amac. He studied philosophy in Belgrade and earned his doctorate in Germany, where he moved in the late 1970s under political pressure.<\/p>\n

He was one of the founders of the Democratic Party and was elected its president in 1994. From February to September 1997, he served as Mayor of Belgrade as a candidate of the opposition coalition.<\/p>\n

Following the victory of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) in the parliamentary elections in December 2000, he was elected Prime Minister of Serbia in January 2001.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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