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Serbian paramilitary leader Arkan shot dead in Belgrade hotel
Arkan aged 47 and two others were killed in a Belgrade hotel lobby after gunfire erupted. The official Tanjug agency confirmed the death and reported a bodyguard among the dead. sister-in-law injured per other outlets. No arrests or attacker count given. Arkan, allied with Milosevic, faced war crime indictments in 1997 though prosecutors kept details quiet amid Kosovo events. He had a long criminal history including robberies and alleged secret service recruitment as an assassin targeting dissidents in the West.
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