+4:3 Thousands mark 10th anniversary of killing of PM Djindjic

(12 Mar 2013) SHOTLIST
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Belgrade, Serbia - 12 March 2013
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1. Various of huge crowd marching through the streets towards the New Cemetery
2. Crowd at grave of late Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic
3. Wide of Djindjic's Democratic party officials laying wreaths at his grave
4. Leader of Djindjic's Democratic Party, Dragan Djilas (dark suit, holding wreath), at graveside
5. Various of man lighting candles at graveside
6. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Marta Slipcevic, Belgrade resident:
"When he was killed, I realised that Serbia died as well. They killed me too, they killed my children and grandchildren."
FILE: Moscow, Russia - 21 February 2001
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7. Mid shot of Djindjic and entourage walking along corridor
8. Cutaway of cameraman
9. Mid of Djindjic speaking to reporter
FILE: Belgrade, Serbia - 12 March 2003
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10. Wide of street where Djindjic was shot
11. Various of police at scene
12. Crowd at site of shooting
13. Mid of distraught man
14. Mid shot of crowd
FILE: Uzice, Serbia - 7 July 1999
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15. Djindjic at anti-Milosevic rally, waving to crowd
FILE: Gracania, Kosovo - 8 July 2002
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16. Crowd around Djindjic
17. Mid shot of Djindjic
Belgrade, Serbia - 12 March 2013
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18. Close of people laying flowers on Djindjic's grave
19. Two women weeping while visiting grave
20. Close of two women grieving
21. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Milica Markovic, Belgrade resident:
"I wonder where we were ten years ago when he needed us. Now we grieve for him, but where were we ten years ago?"
22. Close of photo of Djindjic on grave
23. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Zoran Novakovic, Belgrade resident:
"Zoran's vision is still living among us, and this large mass of people coming to his grave today testifies to the fact that he did so much for us."
24. Close of grave
STORYLINE
More than 15-thousand people joined a march on Tuesday honouring Serbia's slain prime minister Zoran Djindjic, in an outpouring of grief for the reformist leader who launched the Balkan country's bid to reconnect with the world after the wars of the 1990s.
Djindjic was killed by a sniper shot on March 12, 2003, in front of the government headquarters in central Belgrade.
More than a dozen nationalist paramilitaries and criminals have been convicted and sentenced in connection with the killing.
At the cemetery, Dragan Djilas, who now heads Djindjic's Democratic Party, was amongst those paying their respects.
Thousands of citizens also lined up throughout the day to light candles and put flowers on his grave.
"I wonder where we were ten years ago when he needed us. Now we grieve for him, but where were we ten years ago?" said Milica Markovic, a pensioner from Belgrade.
Mourner Marta Slipcevic added: "When he was killed, I realised that Serbia died as well."
Djindjic played a key role in the ouster in 2000 of Serbia's strongman Slobodan Milosevic and his extradition to the United Nations war crimes tribunal in the Hague, Netherlands.
While serving as prime minister in 2001-2003, Djindjic launched reforms and set Serbia on the path towards membership in the European Union.
Western-educated and energetic, Djindjic has become a symbol for many Serbians of the struggle against Milosevic-era nationalism, which turned the country into an international pariah during the 1990s.
Although Serbia has since progressed in its bid to join the EU, many here feel that the reform pace would have been much quicker if Djindjic had not been killed.
Milosevic died of a heart attack in 2006 while on trial for genocide at the Hague tribunal.


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