A German court has sentenced two former top Yugoslavian spies to life imprisonment for the 1983 murder of a dissident in then West Germany.
Former Yugoslav spy chief Zdravko Mustac, 74, and ex-agent Josip Perkovic, 71, were found guilty of complicity in the murder of Stjepan Djurekovic, who was opposed to Yugoslavia’s communist regime, a Munich court ruled.
Perkovic also headed Croatia’s military intelligence services after the country proclaimed independence from ex-Yugoslavia in 1991. Both men were extradited from Croatia in 2014 in a case that had sparked a row between the EU and its newest member.
“The court finds that the accused Zdravko M. had asked the accused Josip P. to plan and prepare for the murder of Stjepan Djurekovic,” the court said.
Djurekovic was killed in a garage that was used as a print office in the Bavarian town of Wolfratshausen more than three decades ago.
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