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Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Danish Japanese Korean Arabic Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW Milosevic's key henchman arrested Rade Markovic, then state security chief, speaks to reporters in Nis, Yugoslavia, in November WEB EXCLUSIVE Alessio Vinci: Milosevic arrest could occur within days BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (CNN) Rade Markovic, Serbia's secret police chief during the rule of former president Slobodan Milosevic, was arrested, the Serbian Justice Ministry has said. The source said the arrest was linked to a car crash in 1999 in which the then opposition leader Vuk Draskovic was slightly injured and four of his associates killed. Alessio Vinci, CNN's Belgrade bureau chief, said Markovic was also under investigation for other unspecified crimes, which the police will decide whether to take action on shortly. IN-DEPTH Transition in Yugoslavia Markovic, who is a key ally of Milosevic, was arrested by Serb police on the orders of a Belgrade district prosecutor in the city on Saturday evening, the source added. Belgrade's independent B92 Radio also reported that the former chief of Belgrade police, Branko Djuric, was arrested with Markovic. | |
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