28 May 2004
Dusko Jovanovic
Shooting
The director and editor-in-chief of the Podgorica-based [opposition] daily Dan, Dusko Jovanovic, died in the Montenegrin Clinical Centre this morning of wounds he had sustained when an unknown perpetrator had opened fire on him in front of the Dan offices in 13 Juli Street [in Podgorica] around midnight [2200 gmt].
The unknown person opened fire on Jovanovic from a passing car immediately after he had entered his car. Jovanovic received several fatal wounds. He was operated on in the Montenegrin Clinical Centre, but died after a few hours.
