Two journalists killed in car bomb blast : Croatia

by Amitjha | October 23, 2008 at 09:24 pm

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The terrorism , is in different form and agenda , is disturbing the whole world.From north to south , east to west terrorism is killing hundreds of people every where.The latest victim of this terror mechanism is non other than Journalist, who reports to the world about there attrocities.

A car bomb killed two journalists in central Zagreb on Thursday in the latest of a series of violent incidents that have hit the capital this year.

President Stjepan Mesic said the blast, which killed Nacional weekly editor Ivo Pukanic, 47, and a Nacional manager, meant "terrorism has become a fact on the streets of our capital."

Pukanic, the owner of the Nacional, which often exposed corruption and human rights abuses, earlier this year reported an assassination attempt against him.

"The state is faced with an unprecedented challenge from the criminal circles. Now it is them or us...rule of law and safety of citizens against criminals, terrorists and mafia," Mesic said in a statement, after calling an urgent session of the National Security Council for Friday.

A visibly shaken Prime Minister Ivo Sanader told a news conference:

"I shall not allow Croatia to become Beirut. This is no longer merely a fight against organized crime. This is something all of us in Croatia will rise up against."

The bomb exploded in front of the Nacional building in central Zagreb and state television showed footage of the wrecked car, under which the bomb was apparently planted.

The Zagreb police, who confirmed the identity of the victims, sealed off the city center while firemen rushed to the scene to extinguish the resulting car fire.

Fighting organized crime and corruption is one of the key requirements Zagreb has to meet if it wants to complete European Union accession talks next year, but analysts said the latest incident did not bode well.