Montenegro: Prosecutor targets opposition leaders in 'coup' investigation

BELGRADE - A Montenegro prosecutor received parliamentary approval yesterday to strip immunity from two opposition leaders who are targeted in the investigation of an alleged coup attempt on 16 October, when general elections were held in the Balkan country.

Special prosecutor Milivoje Katnić asked for parliamentary immunity to be lifted from Andrija Mandić and Milan Knežević, two MPs from the Democratic Front (DF), the largest opposition group in the Montenegrin parliament, EurActiv.com reports.

Montenegro, a former Yugoslav republic, has been abuzz with conspiracy theories since the 16 October election when authorities arrested 20 Serb citizens at the border with Serbia, accused of planning armed attacks against state institutions.

Mandić is President of the major ethnic Serb political party in Montenegro, the New Serb Democracy and Head of the Democratic Front...