Another woman was killed in Kragujevac on Monday. The Kragujevac police announced that the suspect was arrested and that he was detained for up to 48 hours, noting that he was treated for his injuries at the Kragujevac Clinical Center.
The serious murder happened on Monday (May 12) in Kragujevac. That's it eighth femicide in order since the beginning of the year.
Kragujevac Police she announced that RB (1987) was arrested on suspicion of having committed the crime of capital murder and that he was detained for up to 48 hours by order of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in this city, noting that he was treated for his injuries at the Kragujevac Clinical Center.
"He is suspected of stabbing his ex-wife (41) several times with a knife in his car on Monday in the morning in Kragujevac, after which he drove away in the same car in an unknown direction," the Police Department in Kragujevac announced.
The woman died from her injuries.
Police found a car near the scene, as well as a suspect with visible injuries caused by a suspected knife.
Police officers, in accordance with the order of the competent prosecutor's office, undertake all measures and actions in order to determine all the facts and circumstances of this event.
The Freedom and Justice Party announced that the victim reported the violence to the competent authorities twice, and that this case shows the complete inability of the institutions to protect women's lives.
"It is alarming and devastating that data on femicides are still collected by women's organizations — through the media, because the state of Serbia still does not have an official mechanism for monitoring and analyzing femicides," they write.
Number of femicide in 2025.
Eight femicides have been recorded since the beginning of the year. Two femicides were committed in January. Another was committed soon after, in Ferboir, three more in March. One in April. And, another one in May.
The co-president of the Green-Left Front (ZLF) party, Biljana Đorđević, previously wrote on the social network X that information on the number of femicides is still collected only by women's organizations from the media, because Serbia does not have an established mechanism for monitoring and analyzing femicides.
"But we have the institution of the Protector of Citizens, which instead of doing its job, is headed by a person who even denies the existence of femicide and who has been working for a long time to be the protector of the regime, not the citizens," said Đorđević.
Citizens' Protector Zoran Pašalić has repeatedly stated that the term femicide is often used incorrectly, stating that femicide is the killing of a woman because she is a woman, but that men often kill women because of "disturbed partner, spousal or any other relationships", which in his opinion, does not fall under that term.
What is femicide?
The World Health Organization defines femicide as "the killing of women because they are women," and the UN defines it as "the gender-related killing of women and girls."
Some countries have adopted specific laws that criminalize femicide, while in many other countries the word is not widely used, but is increasingly accepted by activists fighting gender-based violence.
Why should it be a crime?
Femicide represents the most extreme expression of misogyny and an unstoppable spiral of violence against women, and this eighth case in Serbia since the beginning of the year raises the question of why femicide should be a special crime, writes Nedeljnik.
Tens of thousands of women lose their lives every year in crimes motivated by their gender - in families, at workplaces, on the streets.
Murders, which in the laws of many countries would be classified only as "aggravated murder", hide within them gender-based violence, social inequality and deep-rooted patriarchal norms.
The aim of recognizing femicide as a separate crime is to shed light on the structural nature of gender-based violence and to point out the need to treat these crimes with special care, taking into account the specific circumstances that accompany them.
In Serbia, there are numerous initiatives, led by women's organizations, which advocate the introduction of a special punishment for femicide, as well as the establishment of a national mechanism for monitoring cases of femicide.
Although this topic is being talked about more and more and awareness is being raised, femicide is still not recognized as a separate criminal offense in our legislation, while neighboring countries, such as North Macedonia and Croatia, have recognized the importance of this step.
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