THE trial of 13 suspects charged with the assassination of reformist Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic opened with the suspected mastermind still at large and conspiracy theories rife.

The trial of the suspected assassins of Serbia’s prime minister opened in Belgrade today, with the focus on an alleged plot by gangsters and police to bring allies of Slobodan Milosevic back to power.

Police today said they had uncovered the grave of a former Serbian president who had been missing for three years.

Tens of thousands gathered at the largest Orthodox Church in the Balkans today to mourn Serbia’s slain pro-Western prime minister, as a massive manhunt for his assassins continued.