threatening illness BELGRADECity, Muharram 23, 1434, Dec 7, 2012, SPA -- Serbia's ambassador to NATO who killed himself earlier this week had recently been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, a government official said on Friday, according to Reuters. Branislav Milinkovic, 52, jumped to his death from a multi-storey car park at Brussels airport on Tuesday evening. Belgian authorities said they would not investigate the incident as all findings indicated a suicide. On Friday, a Serbian government official who asked not to be named told Reuters that Milinkovic "was apparently distressed by bad news about his health". Milinkovic's wife Sanja also told a Belgrade newspaper that he had been diagnosed "with a sudden and grave illness" only days before his death. He committed suicide during a conference of NATO foreign ministers, shortly after meeting a Serb delegation that had arrived for the event. -- SPA
