Grave of missing Serb president discovered

POLICE have found the grave of a missing former Serbian president they believe was killed by an elite police unit also suspected in the slaying of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, authorities said yesterday.

The announcement came a day after two main suspects in Djindjic's assassination died in a shoot-out with police. Investigators believe Dusan Spasojevic, 35, and Mile Lukovic, 34, were leaders of the Zemun Clan, a crime gang with ties to former President Slobodan Milosevic that allegedly arranged the killing along with the police unit.

The gang members had been hiding for days in the Belgrade suburb of Barajevo, authorities said. As officers tried to arrest them on Thursday night, they "opened automatic fire, forcing the officers to respond", police said in a statement yesterday.