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Title: Officials: Serbian ambassador jumps to his death
Post by: NewsCaster on Dec 05, 2012, 08:30 PM
(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121205-serbia-ambassador-vmed-544a.photoblog600.jpg)AFP - Getty Images Serbian Ambassador to NATO Branislav Milinkovic, seen at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Dec. 14, 2006, was described as a "skilled diplomat" and "an intellectual."By NBC News staff and wire reportsBRUSSELS – Serbia’s ambassador to NATO jumped to his death from a multi-story building in Belgium, officials said Wednesday.

Follow @NBCNewsWorld (http://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) Brussels prosecutor's office told Reuters that they “can be sure that it was a suicide, therefore we are not investigating any further."

However, Serbia said it was investigating the death of Branislav Milinkovic, 52, which happened at a parking garage at Brussels airport during a conference of NATO foreign ministers.

A Serbian Foreign Ministry official, who asked not to be named, said they were “shocked.”

"We have no clues about what could prompt Milinkovic to do that. He was a good man," the official said.

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