Veran Matić, a journalist and humanitarian, was engaged to help the families of the victims of the May tragedies two years ago. Now for "Vreme" he talks about all the scars of society that the government did not take seriously
"The program of the second commemoration on May 3 was designed through two units - one dedicated to memory, the other to social responsibility"
The High Court in Belgrade passed a verdict on financial compensation to the families of children and guards killed in May 2023 at the "Vladislav Ribnikar" Elementary School.
Most of the lectures on peer violence after the "Ribnikar" massacre were actually held for free by local youth offices, while phantom agencies charged 5000 euros per lecture.
On Monday, December 30, the verdict will be handed down to Vladimir and Miljana Kecmanović, the parents of a minor who committed a mass murder in "Vladislav Ribnikar" elementary school on May 3, 2023.
Chief Public Prosecutor Nenad Stefanović requested a total of 14 years and 11 months in prison for Vladimir Kecmanović, and five years and five months in prison for Miljana Kecmanović.
The Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade concluded an agreement on the recognition of a criminal offense with the defendant Ratko Ivanović, the president and responsible person of the sports club "Partizan Practical Shooting". The VJT statement states that Ivanovic admitted that he had given false testimony during interrogation by the prosecution on July 14, 2023, in the investigation conducted before the prosecution against the defendant Vladimir Kecmanović for the criminal offense of Serious crime against general security.
The boy who committed a mass murder in "Ribnikar" will be examined on the circumstance of sanity at the time of the crime
"The values on which society is based are defined in the Constitution and we need to repeat them once again and base society around them," said Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković.
The working group with the Multidisciplinary Team, which includes the parents of the murdered children, invited all organized groups of citizens and organizations that wish to pay their respects and lay flowers to do so on Friday, May 3, after 10.30:XNUMX a.m.
Although the hearing of Miljana Kecmanović, the mother of the boy who committed a mass murder in an elementary school in Belgrade last year, was scheduled, she did not appear before the court in this proceeding
The sales exhibition is in the "Sava" Center, and the collected funds will go to the work of the Foundation founded by Angelina's parents, with the aim of teaching people how to strengthen the family, and children about destructive content on the Internet, to influence through prevention so that crimes never happen again. from last year
"Angelina" - that will be the name of the foundation established in memory of the student Angelina Aćimović, who was killed in the "Vladislav Ribnikar" Elementary School, but also all the victims who died in that school, as well as the victims from Dubona and Mali Orašje. Angelina was " artistic soul" of extraordinary talent, so 17 designers from the world of fashion created fashion creations based on the sketches she made. Among them is the French fashion house "Dior".
The parents, as they announced, want to preserve the school, the memory of the murdered friends and Dragan (the janitor), the children's right to an adequate education and provide support to the children, teachers and the school
Part of the parents of "Ribnikar" students are "deeply disturbed by the uncertainty of the fate of the school and the conditions for education" of their children. They blame the Government of Serbia for not taking into account the interests of "wounded, surviving and traumatized living children". That is why they call for a support rally on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at 19:30 p.m. in front of the school in Svetozara Markovića Street
Đukić Dejanović stated that the MUP is still working on the case of the knife found in Vladislav Ribnikar elementary school, but also that there are currently special measures of psychological work with all the actors of the incident
The defense asked for the trial to be open, but the prosecution believes that minors are protected in this way
"Our need to do something good is related to the very sacrifice of our children. Our children are victims, but victims of what? I come to the conclusion that they are victims of this society. And then we constantly try to design that sacrifice, to give it some meaning, to be a catalyst for something better in this society. That's why we came out publicly and we find strength in that. But, when you look at the facts - no one has taken responsibility, the processes are going slowly or not at all, May 3 has been forgotten by the media... You already know the sentences that will be heard in the media, you know the one: 'Today marks five months since the tragic event... ' And that's all that will be heard…”
The Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU), Plamena Halacheva, said that the divisions in society deepened after the mass murders in May, and especially after the mass murder at the "Vladislav Ribnikar" Elementary School.
As "Vreme" learns, the parents of the former VII 2 elementary school "Vladislav Ribnikar" filed criminal charges against Belgrade police chief Veselin Milić and NN policemen at the beginning of August. Since then, the lawsuits have not moved, so it is well-founded to suspect that the First Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade is obstructing them.
In a letter to the president, the parents stated that they were upset about the removal of the board with the name of the school without consultation, the possibility of changing the address of the school and that it was unacceptable that more than half of the school would be annexed to the Memorial Center
People's deputy Danijela Grujić assessed that "the Ministry of Education and Prime Minister Ana Brnabić are clearly without a solution and persistently remain silent on the legitimate concerns of the public, ignoring all the complexity and alarmingness of the situation in which our education system finds itself."
Children will be offered a questionnaire that was used in Norway after the mass murders of Andres Breivik, through teachers and parents, from September 1 in the Children's Cultural Center.
The representatives of the parents of the children who died in "Ribnikar" expressed their fear that the work of the Inquiry Committee at this moment could jeopardize the further smooth conduct of the prosecutor's investigation. The President of the Assembly, Vladimir Orlić, understood this fear and interrupted the work of the newly established Committee headed by Marinika Tepić.
The inquiry committee should determine the facts and circumstances that led to the mass murders at the "Vladislav Ribnikar" Elementary School in Belgrade and in Dubona and Mali Orašje near Mladenovac, in which 20 people were killed
Will the part of the school where the tragedy happened be turned into a memorial center, Minister Marko Blagojević said that this matter is being discussed with the parents of the children, the students of the school and the families of the victims.
The court accepted the proposal of the injured parties for the determination of temporary measures to secure the property-legal claims
