A feared assassination attempt on Serbia's President Boris Tadic was actually a case of "road rage" the interior minister has said. Dragan Jocic said a security guard employed by the US embassy has admitted that he was the driver of a car which challenged Mr Tadic's motorcade. In the incident in Belgrade on Tuesday night, a car is said to have repeatedly tried to hit the president's motorcade. In 2003, pro-western Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic was killed in Belgrade. Most local media immediately described the incident involving the president's motorcade as an assassination attempt. Mr Tadic's office had called for a quick investigation on Wednesday. Later, the interior minister said it was found to be a simple traffic violation. "A security officer at the U.S. embassy in Belgrade... had no idea that he hit the escort of President Boris Tadic," Mr Jocic told a news conference. Officials said the driver, Miroslav Cimpl, had become irritated at the manner in which Mr Tadic's vehicles were being driven through the Belgrade traffic. | I think we can now safely refer to Mr. Cimpl as a "former security officer". |
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