The Montenegrin police have increased the security measures against the former president of Montenegro, Millo Djukanovic, after the information that an assassination attempt is being prepared against him.
This became known on July 14, after the day before some media in Montenegro, which, citing sources from the security sector, announced that a criminal group from the region was preparing to kill Djukanović and that the former president of Montenegro was informed of this by an unidentified member of the foreign service.
"The police have received the appropriate information from the National Security Agency [ANB]. We emphasize that the reliability of the information is still being checked by ANB. "Immediately after receiving the information, the Police, the Prosecutor's Office and the ANB took further measures and actions in their jurisdiction in a synchronized manner," the police announcement states.
The authorities say that immediately after receiving the information, a case was initiated by the competent prosecution.
The head of the opposition Democratic Party of Socialists, Danijel Živković, is the only one who has officially announced that this party "knows about the details of the preparation for the possible assassination of the former president of Montenegro, Millo Djukanović".
He thus stated in a press conference on July 13, answering a journalist's question about media information that an assassination attempt was being prepared against Djukanovic.
"We have knowledge of the details and we know what it is about. It is not up to us to communicate our information. I believe that ANB and other competent institutions will come out with accurate data", said Živković.
Referring to unofficial information published by the media, Živković stated that Djukanović was warned about this by the circles of foreign intelligence agencies, but did not want to give details.
Referring to unidentified sources, a part of the media in Montenegro received the confirmation that the ANB received "operational information" for the preparation of the murder of Djukanovic.
On this occasion, Radio Free Europe asked ANB if it has received "serious operational information that an organized criminal group is preparing to kill Djukanovic", as reported by the media. This institution did not respond.
REL has also sent a question to the former president's office if it is true that he has informed the competent authorities about the information that an assassination attempt is being prepared. No reply came from that address either.
In the first police statement issued on July 13, she stated that she was not aware of the information about the preparation of the assassination of Djukanovic.
In the latest announcement, the police clarified that at the time of the announcements in the media about the preparation of the assassination, "ANB was cooperating internationally to verify that information". /REL
