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Montenegro election: Arrested Serbs 'planned armed attack after election' Montenegro election: Ruling party 'ahead'
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Twenty Serbs have been arrested in Montenegro for allegedly planning to carry out attacks after voting closes in the country's election, police said. Early polls in the Montenegrin election show the prime minister's party in the lead amid tension over the country's future direction.
The arrested men planned to pick up automatic weapons to attack state institutions, police and possibly officials, police chief Slavko Stojanovic said. Milo Djukanovic has presented the vote as a choice between becoming an EU and Nato member or a "Russian colony".
One Serb was on the run, he said. The interior minister has urged supporters of whoever wins to celebrate indoors rather than on the streets.
The election is taking place amid tension over plans to forge closer ties between Montenegro and the West. The warning follows the arrest of 20 Serb paramilitaries suspected of planning attacks.
The arrested Serbs have been charged with "forming a criminal organisation and terrorism", Mr Stojanovic said.
Montenegro: Nato's newest and last member?Montenegro: Nato's newest and last member?
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Polls predict the closest race since independence from Serbia and there are fears of violence between opposition and government supporters after the result is announced. Prosecutors said the group may have been planning to kidnap Mr Djukanovic, who has been in charge for a quarter of a century.
Under Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic the country is pursuing membership of the EU and Nato. But opposition Democratic Front leader Andrija Mandic said the announcement was "gross propaganda".
But his Democratic Party of Socialists is being challenged by pro-Russian and pro-Serbian opposition groups. The CEMI polling organisation said Mr Djukanovic's Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) was on course to get 42%, while the opposition Democratic Front would get 23% and another party, KLJUC, would get 12%.
Mr Djukanovic has said he expects Montenegro to "steadily and dynamically move toward its European and Euro-Atlantic goals" rather than becoming a "Russian colony". Some of the opposition groups are pro-Serbian and many Montenegrins are unhappy that Mr Djukanovic is taking the country into Nato.
However some Montenegrins want the country to turn back to its traditional ally Russia. They remain angry that Nato bombed Serbia and Montenegro in 1999 as part of a strategy to halt the killing and expulsion of ethnic Albanians in Serbia's then southern province of Kosovo.
Many remain angry that Nato bombed Serbia and Montenegro in 1999 as part of a strategy to halt the killing and expulsion of ethnic Albanians in Serbia's then southern province of Kosovo. The opposition accuses Mr Djukanovic of corruption and cronyism, which he denies. He accuses them of receiving funding from Moscow, which they deny.
The country has also seen an influx of Russian money, homebuyers and tourists since splitting from Serbia in 2006.The country has also seen an influx of Russian money, homebuyers and tourists since splitting from Serbia in 2006.