Officials: Serbia's NATO Ambassador Leaps to Death [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Officials: Serbia's NATO Ambassador Leaps to Death
By By SLOBODAN LEKIC Associated Press
BRUSSELS December 5, 2012 (AP)
Officials say Serbia's ambassador to NATO committed suicide by leaping from a busy parking garage platform at Brussels Airport.
A Serbian government statement said Wednesday that the envoy, Branislav Milinkovic, 52, died instantly on Tuesday night.
A diplomat who could not be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the media said Milinkovic suddenly jumped from the 8- to 10-meter-high (26- to 33-foot-high) platform while waiting with the Serbian delegation for foreign ministry officials due to hold talks with NATO officials.
Serbia is not a member of the military alliance, but has a mission in the headquarters complex. Milinkovic, a former journalist, previously served as Serbia's ambassador to Austria.
The death occurred during two days of meetings of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels.
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