Montenegro Prosecutor's Coup Claims Fail to Resolve Doubts

Montenegro's special prosecutor for organized crime, Milivoje Katnic, on Thursday tried to convince the public that the state has firm evidence that a terrorist attack was planned for election day as doubts swirl over the official version of the event.

On the TV show Nacisto on the local TV station Vijesti, Katnic said the alleged terrorists intended to support people in front of parliament protesting over the election results, and then enter the building disguised in special police uniform and open fire, "pretending they were official police".

"On Sunday, Montenegro was prevented from being shrouded in black," Katnic said, dramatically, adding: "Unprecedented terror, bloodshed, was planned."

Bratislav Dikic, the former commander of the elite Serbian police unit, the Gendarmerie is under arrest in Montenegro over the alleged coup plot on October 16.

He was among 20 paramilitaries detained in Montenegro and the Prosecutor's Office has said there is "reasonable suspicion" that a criminal organisation had been formed in Serbia and Montenegro with a plan to attack citizens and police in front of the parliament once the results of Sunday's election were announced, before taking over the assembly and declaring that the party of their choice had won the polls.

"We also suspect the criminal organization planned to deprive Montenegro's Prime Minister [Djukanovic] of his freedom," the Prosecutor's Office said.

Responding to a question from whom Montenegro got the first information about the terror plans, Katnic said: "We got the information the way we have always received it, with the help of God."

Katnic said the prosecution has evidence to prove those accusations, saying that the weapons intended for use in the...