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Serbia: four ex-spies get up to 30 years for killing editor
Curuvija was a fierce critic of then-strongman Milosevic
05 April, 19:05
(ANSA-AP) - BELGRADE, APR 5 - A Serbian court has sentenced
four former state security members to up to 30 years in prison
each for the killing 20 years ago of a prominent journalist who
was a fierce critic of then-strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
Slavko Curuvija, the owner and editor of two independent
newspapers at the time, was gunned down outside his home on
April 11, 1999, just days after the start of NATO's air campaign
launched to stop Serbia's crackdown in Kosovo.
The trial for Curuvija's murder was seen as important in
dealing with Milosevic-era crimes against regime critics and
media freedom. The court on Friday sentenced the ex-head of
state security Rade Markovic and another man to 30 years in
prison, and the two others to 20 years in jail each. (ANSA-AP).
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