Head of Bosnian Serb body escapes apparent assassination attempt
BBC Worldwide Monitoring - November 5, 2004, Friday

Text of report by Bosnian Serb Television (Banja Luka) on 4 November

Announcer: Branislav Dukic, chairman of the Bosnian Serb Republic Association of Former Concentration Camp Inmates, escaped an apparent assassination attempt tonight. In a statement for Serb Republic Radio Television, Slavko Jovicic, vice president of the Serb Republic Association of Former Concentration Camp Inmates, has confirmed that Dukic is in a state of shock but that he luckily escaped injury.

Jovicic: The attempt on the life of the president of our association - which I would characterize as an act of terrorism - will not demoralize us. Quite the contrary, we will pursue our activity because, regardless of all the threats to which we have been exposed, no one can prevent us from spreading the truth about the suffering of the Serb people and no one will make us stop by instilling fear or paranoia in us. We will not give up and now we are even more determined than ever to continue our efforts, that is, to fight for the truth about the suffering of our people.

SOURCE: Bosnian Serb Television, Banja Luka, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 1830 gmt 4 Nov 04

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