Ksenija Bozovic: You kill man in middle of day, people are disturbed

Ksenija Bozovic, party colleague and a close association of Oliver Ivanovic told Serbian media today, that no one in the party of Oliver Ivanovic knew if there were threats against him, and that he was a man protecting others and never complaining.

“We did not know anything, given how the situation was evolving, prison, then release from prison, elections. In the middle of the day you kill a man who was going to work. People are disturbed. I do not know what to tell,” Bozovic said.

She added no one heard the shooting, and said that a neighbour coming back from the shop found Ivanovic in front of the office premises.

“I was getting ready to go to work. The secretary was in the office. A first neighbour, who went to buy bread, found him on her way back from the shop. She saw him lying in front of the office,” Bozovic told Tanjug.

The neighbour then alerted the secretary who called emergency service.

“Everything happened within two to three minutes. The shooting was not heard, if there are four, five bullets in him, three cartages are found,” Bozovic said.

Dragan Markovic: Murder of Ivanovic terrorist act

Dragan Markovic, leader of the governing United Serbia party, assessed that the murder of the leader of Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice, Oliver Ivanovic is a terrorist act aiming to destabilize Kosovo and Metohija.

Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS): Cruel execution of Oliver Ivanovic, wake up shock

Opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) said it is shocked with the murder of Oliver Ivanovic in front of his office premises, assessing it is a brutal reminder of the state of security of the Serb population in Kosovo and Metohija.

Dragan Sutanovac: He was man of tolerance and peace

Leader of the opposition Democratic Party (DS), Dragan Sutanovac said that Oliver Ivanovic was a man of peace, and it remains obligations of all not to allow the rule “of the world from the past where these bullets came from.”

Rada Trajkovic: Hard day for all Serbs in Kosovo

Former MP in the Kosovo Assembly, Rada Trajkovic in reaction to the murder of Oliver Ivanovic said it is a hard day for all Serbs in Kosovo.

Aleksandar Karadjordjevic: Murder with “many executors and directors”

Serbian Crown Prince, Aleksandar Karadjordjevic said the murder of Oliver Ivanovic is an unsurpassed loss for all those who have peace and justice in their hearts, adding the murder “has many executors and even more directors”.

Milorad Dodik: Attack on stability of Serbia and north of Kosovo

President of the Republic of Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik said citizens of RS are shocked with the murder of the leader of the Civic Initiative, Freedom, Democracy, Justice, Oliver Ivanovic adding it is an attack on the stability of Serbia and northern Kosovo.