Media wait in front of High Court in Podgorica ahead of trial that opens for a number of defendants on charges of involvement in a coup attempt on election day last year in Podgorica, Montenegro July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic
PODGORICA (Reuters) - The trial of 14 people in Montenegro accused of an election day plot to kill the prime minister and bring a pro-Russian party to power began on Wednesday, with defence lawyers demanding the state prosecutor be removed from the case.
Montenegro says a group of Serb and Russian nationalists had a plan to attack state institutions on the day of an election last year and kill then-Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, who held the post for a total of 21 years.
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